SOLUTION: Steve has a rectangular garden which is 18 feet long and 16 feet wide. He wants to put a strip of gravel of uniform width around the garden. He had enough gravel for 152 square fee
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Question 889059: Steve has a rectangular garden which is 18 feet long and 16 feet wide. He wants to put a strip of gravel of uniform width around the garden. He had enough gravel for 152 square feet. How wide can he make the strip?
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
18*16=288
(18+x)*(16+x)=440
x=4
check
22*20=440
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