SOLUTION: a garden occupies two acres and is in the form of a square. if a pathway goes completely round its inner edge and occupies one eight(1/8) of an acre, what is its width.

Question 865207: a garden occupies two acres and is in the form of a square. if a pathway goes completely round its inner edge and occupies one eight(1/8) of an acre, what is its width.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Not too clear. What inner edge? The garden is square, and so it has an edge. Do you mean that the entire two acres is the garden plus the pathway? If yes then try this:

Total area is 2 acres, and side length of this square is acres.
Let w = width of the pathway around the garden part.
Actual garden part is .
Given that area of pathway is acre, you have
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and you want to solve for w. From this, just several algebra steps.
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