document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=943923>Question 943923</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A road 2 meter 50 cm wide is built around a square garden of side 15 meter. find the area of the road </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #575527 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=macston><B>macston(5194)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=macston><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=macston><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=575527\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The road is 2.5 meters on each side of the square, so it would form a larger square 20m x 20 m (2.5 m road + 15 m garden +2.5 m road).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The area of this larger square (20 m)(20 m)= 400 sq meters<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The area of the garden (middle of larger square) is (15 m)(15 m)=225 sq meters<BR>\n" );
document.write( "400 sq meters total-225 sq meters garden=175 sq meters of road<BR>\n" );
document.write( "ANSWER the area of the road is 175 sq meters. </SPAN>\n" );
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