SOLUTION: A rectangular flower garden with dimensions 3m by 17 m is surrounded by a walk of uniform width. If the area of the walk is 11 square meters,what is the width of the walk in meter

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Question 891635: A rectangular flower garden with dimensions 3m by 17 m is surrounded by a walk of uniform width. If the area of the walk is 11 square meters,what is the width of the walk in meters?

Answer by josgarithmetic(39620)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Surrounded by w in both dimensions means, (3+2w)(17+2w) is the combined area.

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The way that works is Combined Area minus Area of just the Garden is Area of the uniform-width walkway.





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