A pool is twice as long as it is wide. The pool takes up 12,168 square feet of the outdoor area at the YMCA. Find the dimensions of the pool.

User Icon for Reiny Reiny answered
4 years ago

width ----- x ft

length ---- 2x ft

x(2x) = 12168
2x^2 = 12168

divide both sides be 2, then take the square root