Question

a rectangular Garden 9 metre by 8 metre has a 1m wide path or around it find the area of the park

Answer 1

if the path is around the park, then the area of the park will be as it is...
9m *8m
=72m

Answer 2

Area of original garden = 9 * 8 = 72 m2

After path is added around rectangle, new length = 9 + 2*5 = 19 m

new breadth = 8 * 2*5 = 80 m

Area of rectangle with path = 19 * 80 = 1520 m2

So area of path = Area of rectangle with path - Area of rectangle without path

Area of path = 1520 - 72  = 1448 m2