Kamila has a rectangular lawn that measures 80 by 150 feet. She wants to lay gravel made from colored rock in a border, 6 feet wide, all around the lawn.

Create a diagram that shows Kamila’s rectangular lawn and the gravel border. Assign variables to any unknown sides and label the diagram.
Use your diagram to determine how many square feet of the gravel border will surround the lawn.
Kamila decided that the depth of the gravel needs to be 2 inches. What is the total volume of gravel needed for the border? (Hint: dimensions must be in terms of the same unit before you can calculate the vo

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Kamila has a rectangular lawn that measures 80 by 150 feet. She wants to lay gravel made from colored rock in a border, 6 feet wide, all around the lawn.

Create a diagram that shows Kamila’s rectangular lawn and the gravel border. Assign variables to any unknown sides and label the diagram.
Use your diagram to determine how many square feet of the gravel border will surround the lawn.
Kamila decided that the depth of the gravel needs to be 2 inches. What is the total volume of gravel needed for the border? (Hint: dimensions must be in terms of the same unit before you can calculate the vo

courtney233 · Answer

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courtney233 · Answer

@JFraser

courtney233 · Answer

do yall know how to draw this ??
or even do it

jfraser · Answer

draw a diagram of the $rectangular$ lawn and a $rectangular$ border, to start

courtney233 · Answer

ok

courtney233 · Answer

got that part

jfraser · Answer

to find the area of the border, I'd find the area of the $larger$ rectangle, then subtract the area of the $smaller$ rectangle. It's the same as filling the entire area with gravel, then just cutting out the inner rectangle

courtney233 · Answer

it doesnt have anything on it though

jfraser · Answer

you know the dimensions of the lawn, and you know the width of the border. Put in the numbers

courtney233 · Answer

oh , ok