SOLUTION: A square pool 5m on each side is surrounded by a brick walk 2m wide. What is the area of the walk?
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Question 106013: A square pool 5m on each side is surrounded by a brick walk 2m wide. What is the area of the walk?
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
if a square pool has a side
its area is : which is
if it is surrounded by a brick walk wide, we need to add this to and find the area of square of pool with a brick togeter, which is:
now we can find out what is the area of the walk if we subtract from .
so, the area of the walk is
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