SOLUTION: A circular flower bed is 19m in diameter and has a circular sidewalk around it that is 3m wide. Find the area of the sidewalk in square meters. Use 3.14 for .

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Question 1181393: A circular flower bed is 19m in diameter and has a circular sidewalk around it that is 3m wide. Find the area of the sidewalk in square meters. Use 3.14 for .
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Answer by josgarithmetic(39630) About Me  (Show Source):
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Just the flower bed, pi%2819%2F2%29%5E2 square meters

Flower bed plus surrounding circular sidewalk; the 3 m wide only adds to the radius.
pi%2819%2F2%2B3%29%5E2 square meters

Question asks for the difference, being the area of the sidewalk.

Answer by ikleyn(52914) About Me  (Show Source):
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To see many other similar solved problems, look into the lesson
    - Problems on a circular pool and a walkway around it
in this site.

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"Dimensions and the area of rectangles and circles and their elements".

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