2. A 3 meter wide sidewalk surrounds a rectangular garden that is 4 meters by 6 meters. Find the area of the sidewalk only.
First one
Note that AB / DE = 22 / 11 = 2 / 1 = 2
So each correseponding side of ABC to that of DEF is twice as long
So
x = 34 / 2 = 17
And
y = 2 * 13 = 26
2. A 3 meter wide sidewalk surrounds a rectangular garden that is 4 meters by 6 meters. Find the area of the sidewalk only.
If you can picture this......
We have four 3 x 3 squares at the corners = 4 * (3 * 3) = 36 m^2
Also we have two 4 x 3 rectangles on two sides = 2 * ( 4 * 3) = 24 m^2
And we have two 6 x 3 rectangles on two sides = 2 * ( 6 * 3) = 36 m^2
Total area of sidewalk = (36 + 24 + 36) = 96 m^2