Question

A cement path consists of six equal-sized cement squares arranged in a row to form a rectangle. If the total area of the path is 96 square feet, what is the length in feet of the path?

Answer 1

24 feet

Explanation:

Given that:

The length of the rectangle is 6 times the side of a cement square.

Now, this rectangle is formed from 6 squares;

The total area of the path of this square = 96 square feet;

The area of each square now = 96/6 = 16 square feet

Recall that:

Area of a square = S²

where S is the side length

16 = S²

S =
`√(16)`

S = 4 ft

The length of the path in feet now is: L × w

= 6 × 4

= 24 feet.