Question

A rectangular garden is 6 feet by 4 feet. There is a sidewalk of uniform width around the garden. The area of the sidewalk and the garden together is 48 ft2. What is the width of the sidewalk?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

2 ft.

Answer 3

thank you sooo much

Answer 4

Add 2 ft. to both sides of the rectangle to get the sidewalk all around.

8*6=48, and no prob. :)