SOLUTION: Please help me solve this word problem A 200 ft. by 180 ft. garden is surrounded by a 3 foot wide flowerbed. A fence on the edge of the flowerbed encloses the entire garden and flo

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Question 867323: Please help me solve this word problem A 200 ft. by 180 ft. garden is surrounded by a 3 foot wide flowerbed. A fence on the edge of the flowerbed encloses the entire garden and flower area. What is the area in square feet inside the fence?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The outside dimensions of the flower bed PLUS garden are and ; which are 206 and 186 feet each.

AREA in square feet of all that inside the fence is square feet.

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