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document.write( "Q:A rectangular pool measures 12 meters by 8 meters and is bordered by a concrete path 2 meters wide.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "How many square meters are in the surface area of the concrete path?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "How many square meters are in the surface area of the concrete path?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "we want to subtract the inner rectangle's area from the larger rectangle's area\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "surface area of concrete path = 16*12 - 12*8 = 192 - 96 = 96 square meters<BR>\n" );
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