document.write( "Question 712636: I'm having trouble with this one! A rectangular garden has dimensions 3m by 4m. A path is built around the garden. The area of the garden and path is 6 times as great as the area of the garden. What is the width of the path? \n" ); document.write( "

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Enough information about garden, path around, how they relate; and we assume that except for the corners, width of the path around garden is uniform.
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Area of garden: $\"3%2A4\"$ m^2.
\n" ); document.write( "Area of garden plus path: $\"%283%2B2w%29%284%2B2w%29\"$ m^2\r
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"%283%2B2w%29%284%2B2w%29=6%2A3%2A4+\"$ \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "That should be enough to understand the solution process for this example. w is the width of the path. Solve for w. \n" ); document.write( "

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