Question

A garden is a rectangle 100 feet long and 50 feet wide. The portion of the garden devoted to herbs is 10 feet by 10 feet. The rest of the area is for vegetables. How many square feet are given for growing vegetables?

Answer 1

area of the garden=l×b
=100×50
=5000sqfeet

area of the garden devoted to herbs=side×side
= 10×10
=100sqfeet

area of rest of the garden=area of garden-area of the garden devoted to herbs
=5000-100
=4900sqfeet