SOLUTION: Paula is building a rectangular patio. It will
have a square flower bed in the middle. The
rest will have paving stones. The patio will
have a length of 4x and a width of 3.1x.
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Question 1191236: Paula is building a rectangular patio. It will
have a square flower bed in the middle. The
rest will have paving stones. The patio will
have a length of 4x and a width of 3.1x. The
area of the flower bed will be 3.52. What
area of the patio will need paving stones?
Found 3 solutions by ankor@dixie-net.com, MathLover1, ikleyn:
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Paula is building a rectangular patio.
It will have a square flower bed in the middle.
The rest will have paving stones.
The patio will have a length of 4x and a width of 3.1x.
Find the area of the patio
4x * 3.1x = 12.4x^2
:
The area of the flower bed will be 3.52.
What area of the patio will need paving stones?
12.4x^2 - 3.52 = paving stone area
Answer by MathLover1(20849) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
the area of patio is
The area of the flower bed will be , and since we have a square flower bed, the length of the side is
The area of the paving stones is the area of patio minus the area of the flower bed
->the area of the paving stones
Answer by ikleyn(52781) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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The " solution " by @MathLover11 is absolutely wrong.
Do not use it, since it is totally incorrect.
Use the correct solution by tutor @ankor@dixie-net.com.
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