To find the area of the deck only, we need to subtract the area of the pool from the area of the deck surrounding it.
The area of the pool is 20ft * 12ft = 240 square feet.
Since the deck has a uniform width of 6ft on all sides of the pool, we can calculate the dimensions of the deck by adding 6ft to the length and width of the pool.
The new length of the deck is 20ft + 2(6ft) = 20ft + 12ft = 32ft.
The new width of the deck is 12ft + 2(6ft) = 12ft + 12ft = 24ft.
Therefore, the area of the deck only is 32ft * 24ft = 768 square feet.
So, the area of the deck only is 768 square feet.
A deck is being built around a rectangular swimming pool the swimming pool is 20ft * 12ft and the deck has a uniform width of 6 ft what is the area of the deck only
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