SOLUTION: Could you please help me with this problem, showing steps? Thank you, mch appreciated!-- Your parents ask you to fertilize the lawn. It is a square plot that is 13 feet on each si

Question 481030: Could you please help me with this problem, showing steps? Thank you, mch appreciated!--
Your parents ask you to fertilize the lawn. It is a square plot that is 13 feet on each side and it has a sqare cement fountain in the center that is 6 feet on each side. What is the area of the lawn that you will fertilize?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Lawn Area = Area of Big Square - Area of Small Square (drawing a picture will help you see this)

Lawn Area = 13^2 - 6^2

Lawn Area = 169 - 36

Lawn Area = 133

So the area of the lawn to be fertilized is 133 square feet.

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