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A garden in the form a square is surrounded by a path which is 1m wide on two opposite sides and 1/2m wide on the other two opposite sides.If the area of the path is 17m^2,calculate the perimeter of the garden and the area of the space covered by the garden
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Your equation is

 = 17,   or

 = 17,   or

 = 17,   or

3x = 17 - 2 = 15,

x =  = 5.

The garden square side is 5 m.
The garden perimeter is 5*4 = 20 m, and the garden area is 5*5 = 25 .


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