Question

Jenny is building a rectangular garden around a tree in her yard. The southwest corner of the garden will be 2 feet south and 3 feet west of the tree. The northeast corner of the garden will be 1 foot north and 4 feet east of the tree. If jenny paves a path around the garden that is uniformly 3 feet wide, then what is the area of he path?

Answer 1

Draw the diagram of what is given. Clearly the garden is 3x7.

So, the dimensions of the entire area of garden+path is 9x13.

The area of the path is thus 9*13-3*7

Answer 2

20 ft

Answer 3

The correct answer is 96ft not 20ft.