SOLUTION: The outside dimension of rectangular flower bed including the pathway is 100cm by 136cm and the area excluding the pathway is 6400 cm squared.What is the uniform width of the path
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Question 1167020: The outside dimension of rectangular flower bed including the pathway is 100cm by 136cm and the area excluding the pathway is 6400 cm squared.What is the uniform width of the pathway and how wide is the pathway?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39616) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
u, the uniform width of the pathway surrounding flowerbed
Total Area,
Just the flowerbed,
Simplify and solve for u.
---- A start
which might have a whole number solution, or might not; look for any two factors of 1600 which differ by 18.
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