Mr. Smith is unhappy with the 2 foot concrete walkway around the edge of the pool. 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
Given that the total area of the walkway and the pool is w²+17w+66, and the width w, will be found as follows: A=length×width A=w²+17w+66 to get the new width we need to factorize the above quadratic form A=w²+17w+66 =w²+11w+6w+66 =w(w+11)+6(w+11) =(w+11)(w+6) From the answer, the width=6 units, length=11 units
