document.write( "Question 246980: Your parents ask you to mow the lawn. It is a square plot that is 16 ft on each side and it has a square cement fountain in the center that is 3 ft on each side. What is the area of the lawn that you will mow? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #180270 by stanbon(75887)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Your parents ask you to mow the lawn. It is a square plot that is 16 ft on each side and it has a square cement fountain in the center that is 3 ft on each side. What is the area of the lawn that you will mow? \n" ); document.write( "--------------------------------------- \n" ); document.write( "Grand total: 16^2 sq. ft. \n" ); document.write( "Cement: 3^2 sq.ft \n" ); document.write( "------------------------- \n" ); document.write( "Area to mow: 16^2-3^2 = 247 sq. ft. \n" ); document.write( "===================================== \n" ); document.write( "Cheers, \n" ); document.write( "Stan H. \n" ); document.write( " |