Question

A vegetable garden and surrounding path are shaped like a square that together are 10ft wide. The path is 3ft wide. Find the total area of the vegetable garden and path.

Answer 1

256

Explanation:

since the the path surounds both sides of the garden you have to add 2 x instead of just x

let me show you what i mean. 10=garden width and 3=path width=x

since it is a square, we can calculate the area by taking one side and squaring it so you get (10+2x)^2 which is 16^2 since x is 3, the width of the garden

to do simaler problems just use thei formula (garden length+2path length)^2 or (garden length+2path length)times(garden length+2path length)