Question

A rectangular garden has a rectangular walkway around it. The width of the walkway is 8 ft.

How many feet greater than the perimeter of the garden is the outside perimeter of the walkway?

Answer 1

Width is 16 ft greater. Length is 16 ft. greater. So perimeter (2l+2w) is 64 ft greater.

Answer 2

thank you!

Answer 3

8 ft width of walkway increase in width = 16
so the length = 16 so the goal increas in the perimeter = 2*(16+16) = 64 ft.