SOLUTION: A rectangular plot, 16 ft by 15 ft, is to be used for a garden. It is decided to put a pavement inside the entire border so that 132 square feet of the plot is left for flowers. Ho
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Question 945714: A rectangular plot, 16 ft by 15 ft, is to be used for a garden. It is decided to put a pavement inside the entire border so that 132 square feet of the plot is left for flowers. How wide should the pavement be?
If you could help me with this I would appreciate it Found 2 solutions by MathLover1, josmiceli:Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source):
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to make a pavement, ft is deducted from each side; so, from the length and from the width
=> or (this one is to high and we cannot use it)
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and dimensions of the 132 square feet plot are:
check the area: as given
You can put this solution on YOUR website! It sounds like the pavement is the
same width all the way around
Let = the width of the pavement
----------------------- ft2 is the outside area
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Use the quadratic equation ( the positive square root makes no sense )
The width of the pavement is 4 ft
check:
OK
