SOLUTION: Janet and Marcus work for a landscaping company. Their project involves making a garden with a 4-foot-wide walkway on each side of a 50-foot square piece of land. The plan for the

Question 124942: Janet and Marcus work for a landscaping company. Their project involves making a garden with a 4-foot-wide walkway on each side of a 50-foot square piece of land. The plan for the project is shown. What is the area of the garden in square feet, not including the walkway?
Answer by checkley71(8403) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A SQUARE PIECE OF LAND 50 FT. ON A SIDE IS:
50*50=2500 FT^2 IS THE TOTAL AREA.
SUBTRACTING THE WALKWAY OF 4 FT. WE HAVE LEFT
(50-2*4)(50-2*4)=(50-8)(50-8)=42*42=1764 FT^2 FOR THE GARDEN EXCLUDING THE WALK WAY. (THIS ASSUMES WHEN YOU SAY EACH SIDE YOU MEAN ALL 4 SIDES THEREFORE THE 50 FT. IS REDUCED BY A WALK WAY ON EACH SIDE THUS THE [2*4] SUBTRACTION).
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