SOLUTION: Mae Kaliving has a garden whose dimensions are 6 ft. by 4 ft. is surrounded on all four sides by a sidewalk of uniform width. Those sidewalk has an area of 56 sq. ft. Find the widt

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Question 1153697: Mae Kaliving has a garden whose dimensions are 6 ft. by 4 ft. is surrounded on all four sides by a sidewalk of uniform width. Those sidewalk has an area of 56 sq. ft. Find the width of the sidewalk.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) About Me  (Show Source):
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Total area of sidewalk plus garden, %286%2B2w%29%284%2B2w%29;
Only the garde area, 6%2A4;
Only the area of sidwalk, %286%2B2w%29%284%2B2w%29-6%2A4=56.

Simplify and solve that last equation in whichever way you can or need.




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