A garden is 70 m long and 55 m broad.A path 5 m wide is to be built outside all around it along its border.Find the area of the path.

Question

A garden is 70 m long and 55 m broad.A path 5 m wide is to be built outside all around it along its border.Find the area of the path.

Answer 1

the garden is 55 by 70

the garden with the path around it is 65 by 80  (55+5+5 and 70+5+5)

A=l*w

A=65*80=5200 square meters

A=55*70=3850 square meters

Area of the path =5200-3850=1350 square meters

Answer 2

area_path = area_total - area_garden

A = (70 + 2(5))(55 + 2(5)) - (70)(55)

 

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