Mr.Smith is unhappy with the 2 foot concrete walkway around the edge of the pool.

Question

sorry couldn't fit the rest in, here is the rest))He decides to put a different width around the pool. The total area of the pool and the walkway is given by the polynomial w^2+17w+66, where w is the width of the pool. What the width of the new walkway.

Answer 1

(w+11)(w+6) = length * width

the original width of the walkway is 2

so the original width of the entire rectange WAS w+2

But now it is w+6; so the new width is 4 feet wider