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The perimeter of a rectangular swimming pool is 154 m. Its length is 2 m more than twice its breadth. What are the length and the breadth of the pool?

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To solve the problem, we will follow these steps: ### Step 1: Define the variables Let the breadth of the swimming pool be \( x \) meters. ### Step 2: Express the length in terms of breadth According to the problem, the length of the pool is 2 meters more than twice its breadth. Therefore, we can express the length \( L \) as: \[ ...
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