document.write( "Question 364936: A small city park consists of a rectangular lawn surrounded on all sides by a 330m(squared) border of flowers 2.5m wide. Find the area of the lawn if entire park is 5 m longer than it is wide. \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #260159 by mananth(16946)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! let width of total park be x m \n" ); document.write( "length = x+5 m \n" ); document.write( ".. \n" ); document.write( "Area = x(x+5)= x^2+5x \n" ); document.write( "... \n" ); document.write( "uniform width is 2.5 m \n" ); document.write( "lawn width = x-5 m \n" ); document.write( "lawn length = x+5-5 \n" ); document.write( ".. \n" ); document.write( "area = x(x-5)= x^2-5x \n" ); document.write( ".. \n" ); document.write( "x^2+5x-x^2+5x =330 \n" ); document.write( "10x = 330 m \n" ); document.write( "/10 x = 33 width of lawn \n" ); document.write( "length = 33-5 = 28 m \n" ); document.write( "Area of lawn = 28*33= 924 m^2 \n" ); document.write( "... \n" ); document.write( "m.ananth@hotmail.ca \n" ); document.write( " |