We'll first find the area of the top of the walkway in square feet and then multiply that area by the the thickness of 4 inches, orft to find the volume. We'll find it in cubic feet and then convert to cubic yards. The inner rectangle is 20ft×35ft, so it has an area of 700 sq.ft. The larger rectangle is 6 feet more on each dimension (since the walkway is 3 feet more on each side of each dimension), so it is 26ft×41ft. It has an area of 1066 sq. ft. This is the picture of the top of the walk. To find the area of the top of the walkway, we subtract the area of the inner rectangle from the area of the larger rectangle. Area of top of walkway = 1066 sq ft - 700 sq ft = 366 sq ft. Since it is 4 inches thick, which is ft, we find the volume by multiplying the area of the top of the walkway by the thickness and get 366× = 122 cubic feet. Finally we must convert cubic feet to cubic yards. There are 27 cubic feet in 1 cubic yard, so we divide 122 by 27 and get 4.518518519 cubic yards. Edwin