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Sheet # 94 Critical Thinking

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A cement walk of uniform width is built around a 20 feet by 40 feet rectangular pool. The total area of the pool and the walk is 1500 square feet. Find the width of the walk.

































Answers for sheet # 94

5 feet wide.

30 feet x 50 feet = 1500 square feet