Question

A rectangular park has a jogger's path of uniform width around it on the outside. If the area of the path is 258m2 and the dimensions of the park are 21m by 16m find the width of the path

Answer 1

area of park=l x b
= 21 x 16
= 336m2
area of path=258m2
width of path= area of park - area of path
= 336-258
=78m

hence the width if path is 78m