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document.write( "Find the area of a cement walk 2.5 feet wide that surrounds a rectangular plot of ground 68 feet long and 34 feet wide.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The smaller rectangle (ground plot) has dimensions 68 ft and 34 ft.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Its area is 68*34 square feet.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The larger rectangle has dimensions 68 + 2*2.5 = 73 ft and 34 + 2*2.5 = 39 ft.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Its area is 73*39 square feet.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The area of the cement walk is the difference  73*39 - 66*34 square feet.\r<BR>\n" );
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