A physical therapy facility is building a new pool that is 80 feet long and 5 feet deep. They have ordered enough tile for a 300-foot-long border around the edge. How wide should the pool be ensure that all tiles are used?

Since there are 300 foot long border around the edge, that means perimeter is 300 ft.
Perimeter is also the sum of all sides of the rectangle above:
b + b + w + w = 300
80 + 80 + 2w = 300
160 + 2w = 300
2w = 300 - 160
2w = 140
w = 140/2
w = 70 ft
So our final answer will be:
[tex]w=70ft[/tex]