The figure above represents a rectangular garden with a walkway around it. The garden is 18 feet long and 12 feet wide. The walkway is uniformly 3 feet wide, and its edges meet at right angles. What is the area of the walkway?
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Uttara Agarwal
Hi - I don't understand why we added 3 twice to each 12 and 18. Thanks.
Hi Uttara,
The garden is 12 x 18 but the walkway is 3 feet wide and goes all the way around. So the walkway adds 3 on both sides of each dimension, right? Please refer to the diagram in the video as well. I hope that helps.
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