SOLUTION: A rectangular plot of lawn of leangth and width respectively x and y meters is surrounded by a pthway of 2 meters width the total area of pathway is ?

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Question 549492: A rectangular plot of lawn of leangth and width respectively x and y meters is surrounded by a pthway of 2 meters width the total area of pathway is ?
Answer by mananth(16946) About Me  (Show Source):
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length = x
width =y
Area = xy
pathway width =2
length = x+4
width = y+4
Area = (x+4)(y+4)
area of pathway =
(x+4)(y+4)-xy sq.m