SOLUTION: A new statue is being installed in a park. The statue has a circular base with a radius of 4.5 meters. Surrounding the statue will be a gravel walkway, as shown in the shaded

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Question 1131931: A new statue is being installed in a park.
The statue has a circular base with a radius of 4.5 meters.
Surrounding the statue will be a gravel walkway, as shown in the shaded part of the diagram.
Find the area of the gravel walkway. Round your answer to the nearest tenth using 3.14 for π


A. 15.8 m2

B. 15.75 m2

C. 49.5 m2

D. 20.3 m2

Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Not enough information, and your diagram is not shown.

If the base (circular) has a uniform width path surrounding it, x, then the area for this path would be pi%28x%2B4.5%29%5E2-pi%2A4.5%5E2.