SOLUTION: A circular garden twenty feet in diameter is surrounded by a path three feet wide. what is the area of the path?

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Question 637993: A circular garden twenty feet in diameter is surrounded by a path three feet wide. what is the area of the path?
Answer by ammuann123(2)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Area of the bigger circle = (pi)r^2
=(3.14)(10)^2

= 314 square ft.
Area of smaller circle = (pi)r^2
= (pi)7^2
=153.86
Area of path = 314 - 153.86
= 160.14 square ft

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