Question

A rectangular ower garden is 5.3 yards wide and 9.4 yards long. A uniform path of

width 2 yards is laid around the garden. Find the area of the path.

Answer 1

74.8 square yards

Explanation:

The centerline of the path is a rectangle 5.3+2 = 7.3 yards wide and 9.4+2 = 11.4 yards long. The perimeter of that rectangle is 2(7.3+11.4) = 37.4 yards long. The area of the path is this length times the width of the path:

path area = (37.4 yd)(2 yd) = 74.8 yd²