SOLUTION: please help me to solve ihis question: a 5m wide lawn is cultivated all along ihe outside of rectangular plot measuring 80m*40m. what is the total area of the lawn?

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Question 806099: please help me to solve ihis question: a 5m wide lawn is cultivated all along ihe outside of rectangular plot measuring 80m*40m. what is the total area of the lawn?

Answer by panelboxboy(1)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
So P=2l+2w
P=2(80) + 2(40)
=160+80
=240
So to get the area..

240(5)
=1200 sq. meters

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