Question

A rectangular garden measures 28 ft by 40 ft. Surrounding (and bordering) the garden is a path 4 ft wide. Find the area of this path

Answer 1

288 ft

first off you will want to find the area of the garden, which is 1120 ft squared, we’ll come back to this

Since the path is 4 ft wide and surrounding the garden, its area is 28+4 by 40+4, minus the area of the garden.

32*44 = 1408 - 1120 = 288 ft

you may or may not need to write it as feet squared