SOLUTION: The new St Andrew's swimming pool is 20 meters long and 10 meters wide. A tiled path with a width of 2 meters has been laid all the way around the edge of the pool (as they do with
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Question 982219: The new St Andrew's swimming pool is 20 meters long and 10 meters wide. A tiled path with a width of 2 meters has been laid all the way around the edge of the pool (as they do with most pools). What is the area of this tiled pathway.
Answer by macston(5194) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Outside dimension of path=20m+4m by 10m+4m=24 meters long by 14 meters wide
Area of pool and path=24m*14m=336m^2
Area of pool=20m*10m=200m^2
Area of path=area of pool and path-area of pool=336m^2-200m&2=136m^2
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