SOLUTION: A children's park is 30m long and 200m wide. it is surrounded by a pathway of uniform width. Suppose the total area of the park and the pathway is 72 216 square meters. How wide is

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Question 1096662: A children's park is 30m long and 200m wide. it is surrounded by a pathway of uniform width. Suppose the total area of the park and the pathway is 72 216 square meters. How wide is the pathway?
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A children's park is 30m long and 200m wide. it is surrounded by a pathway of uniform width. Suppose the total area of the park and the pathway is 72 216 square meters. How wide is the pathway?
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* Description seems to mean 72216 square meters total area.

x, the uniform width of the pathway



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* Maybe misunderstanding part of the problem description...

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