Question

A rectangular garden has a walkway around it. The area of the garden is 4​(4.5xplus1.5​). The combined area of the garden and the walkway is 5.5​(8xplus4​). Find the area of the walkway around the garden as the sum of two terms.

Answer 1

Walkway is 1.5 units²

Explanation:

Just subtract the area of the garden from the combined area:

5.5-4=1.5

Also did you mean difference? I don't know what it means by sum.