a rectangle yard measuring 29 ft by 35 ft is bordered by a fence. inside, a walk that is 3 ft wide goes all the way along the fence. find the are of this walk

Answer 1

Hey Lillian,

I can assure you that problems like these are much easier to solve if you make a sketch on paper first. You will then notice that area of the sidewalk will be the sum of two pairs of congruent rectangles.

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