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A rectangular swimming pool with a length of 18 meters and a width of 6 meters is surrounded by a concrete patio. The patio is a uniform 3 meters width around the entire pool. What is the area of the patio?

User Jiaji Zhou
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The area of the combined patio and swimming pool is


\begin{gathered} (18\text{ m}+3\text{ m})(6\text{ m}+3\text{ m}) \\ =(21\text{ m})(9\text{ m}) \\ =189\text{ m}^2 \end{gathered}

The area of the swimming pool is


(18\text{ m})(6\text{ m})=108\text{ m}^2

Subtract the combined area to the area of the swimming pool and we get


189\text{ m}^2-108\text{ m}^2=81\text{ m}^2

Therefore, the area of the patio is 81 square meters.

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