SOLUTION: The school park has a rectangular flower bed measuring 15 meters by 20 meters. The school administrators plan to double the area by providing a fence of uniform distance around the

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Question 1166946: The school park has a rectangular flower bed measuring 15 meters by 20 meters. The school administrators plan to double the area by providing a fence of uniform distance around the flower bed. Find the area and the perimeter of the fence to the nearest hundredths.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39616) About Me  (Show Source):
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w, the uniform width

%2815%2B2w%29%2820%2B2w%29=2%2A15%2A20

Solve for w, and then the rest is simple to finish.
w=3.56%2Ameters