SOLUTION: A rectangular garden is to be surrounded by a walkway of constant width. The garden's dimensions are 30 ft. by 40 ft. the total area, garden plus walkway, is to be 1800 ft^2. What

Question 40536: A rectangular garden is to be surrounded by a walkway of constant width. The garden's dimensions are 30 ft. by 40 ft. the total area, garden plus walkway, is to be 1800 ft^2. What must the width of the walkway be to the nearest hundreth?
Answer by Nate(3500) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Preview the constant as:
Equation:

To get:
The dimensions:

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