Question

a rectangular pool is 168 square feet and 14 ft long. What is the perimeter of the pool

Answer 1

We are given the area of the pool and the length.

We could easily obtain the breadth. Since;

$\begin{gathered} A=l\times b \\ b=\frac{A}{l} \end{gathered}$

Thus, the breadth is;

$\begin{gathered} b=\frac{168}{14} \\ b=12ft \end{gathered}$

We can now obtain the perimeter,

$\begin{gathered} P=2(l+b) \\ P=2(14+12) \\ P=2(26) \\ P=52ft \end{gathered}$

Therefore the perimeter of the pool is 52ft.