Question

Sasha has a rectangular garden 8 meters by 10 meters. The garden has a path surrounding it which is 2 meters wide.



What is the total area of the garden and pathway?

Answer 1

So, the inner rectangular garden is 8meters by10meters, and it's surrounded on all sides by a 2-meter wide path
That means that the dimensions of the large rectangle would be 8+(2+2) meters and 10+(2+2) meters, which gives us the dimensions 12meters by 14 meters
The total area of that, 12 * 14, should give us the total area of the garden plus the pathway