Given the area of the pool is 63m^2, what is the value of x?

(There is a diagram showing a rectangle with one side labelled x+4 and another labelled x+6)Area = (x+4)(x+6)63m^2 = x2+10x+240 = x2+10x-390 = (x-3)(x+13)
x-3=0 so x=3x+13=0 gives x=-13, which cannot be a length, so the answer is 3m

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