Question
A children's park is 350m long and 200 m wide. It is surrounded by a pathway of uniform wittd. Suppose the total area of the park and the pathway is 74,464 meter square. How wide is the pathway?
Answers
Steve
subtract the inner park from the total area:
(350+2w)(200+2w)-350*200 = 74464
(350+2w)(200+2w)-350*200 = 74464
Angela
4 m is the answer