SOLUTION: a rectangular garden measure 6 m by 9 m and is surrounded by a walkway of uniform width. If the area of the walkways 23 m2 less than the garden find the width of the walkway
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Question 1083156: a rectangular garden measure 6 m by 9 m and is surrounded by a walkway of uniform width. If the area of the walkways 23 m2 less than the garden find the width of the walkway
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, josmiceli:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39613) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Garden Area,
Walkway area,
DESCRIPTION:
Simplify and solve this for x.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
m2
and
m2
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The combined area of the garden and walkway is
m2
Let = the width of the walkway
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The width of the walkway is 1.84 m
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check:
close enough -error due to rounding off, I think
check the math
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