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    Mar 11, 2008, 11:23 AM
    Area problems
    I need help understand and knowing how to solve this problem. If you could help me I would appreicate it.

    A small city park consists of a rectangular lawn surrounded on all sides by a 330 m2 bordeer of flowers 2.5 m wide. Find the area of the lawn if the entire park is 5m longer than it is wider.
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    Mar 11, 2008, 02:15 PM
    Did you make a picture?

    Here's one way to set it up.

    The width of the entire park is w, therefore, the length is w+5.

    The area of the garden is then w(w-5)

    So, we have

    Solve for w.
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