Problema Solution
A garden measuring 12 meters by 20 meters is to have a pedestrian pathway installed all around it, increasing the total area to 503.84Â square meters. What will be the width of the pathway?.
Answer provided by our tutors
let 'x' represent the width of the pathway in meters
area = length * width
503.84 = (12+x)(20+x)
solving for 'x' we have a positive value of x=6.8
the width of the pathway will be 6.8 meters