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A rectangular plot measures 20 ft. By 30ft. A 3ft wide side walk surrounds it. Find the area of the side walk

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336 feet²

Explanation:

If we have a rectangle that is 30 by 20 feet, that means the area of that rectangle would be 20 × 30 feet squared, which is 600 ft².

If there is a 3 feet sidewalk surrounding it, that means that the end of the sidewalk will extend 3 feet extra around each side of plot. Since there are two ends to one side, that means an extra six feet is added on to each dimension. Therefore, 36 × 26 are the dimensions of the sidewalk+plot. 36 × 26 = 936 ft².

To find the area of the sidewalk itself, we subtract 600 ft² from 936 ft². This gets us with 336 ft².

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