SOLUTION: Hi A square garden is surrounded by a path of width 1m. What is the area of the garden if the outside perimeter of the path is 34m. Thanks

Question 1183477: Hi
A square garden is surrounded by a path of width 1m. What is the area of the garden if the outside perimeter of the path is 34m.
Thanks

Answer by Theo(13342) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
the outside perimeter of the path is 34 meters.
since it is a square garden, then the length of each side is 34 / 4 = 8.5 meters.

if the path is 1 meter wide, then each side will be 2 meters less (1 meter less on each side).

the length of each side would then be 6.5 meters.
the perimeter of the garden would then be 4 * 6.5 = 26 meters.

here's a picture of the garden and its path.

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