Question

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a vegetable garden and a surrounding path are shaped like a square that together are 10ft wide. the path is 1ft wide. find the area of the path

Answer 1

The answer is 36 square feet.

Explanation:

As it is a square so we will find the area as = side x side

Together the garden and a surrounding path are 10 feet wide.

Area will be =
`10*10=100` square feet

The path is 1 feet wide.

So, at both ends it becomes 2 feet

The dimension of the garden is =
`10-2=8` feet

And area is =
`8*8=64` square feet

So, area of the path alone =
`100-64=36` square feet.

Hence, the answer is 36 square feet.

Answer 2

Answer: The area of the path=
`36\ ft^2`

Explanation:

Given: The side length of square garden included the path= 10 ft

Then the area of the field which included both gardens and path=
`10*10=100\ ft^2`

The width of the path = 1 ft

Therefore, the side of square vegetable garden = 10-2=8 ft

The area of vegetable garden =
`8*8=64\ ft^2`

Therefore, the area of the path=
`100-64=36\ ft^2`