Problema Solution
A children's park is 350 m long and 200 m wide. It is surrounded by a pathway of uniform width. Suppose the total area of the park and the pathway is 74,464 m^2. how wide is the pathway?
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Let 'x' represent the width of the pathway, x>=0.
(350 + 2x)*(200 + 2x) = 74464
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x = 4 m
The pathway is 4 m wide.