Question

A square room is surrounded by a verandah of width 2 m. The perimeter of the room is 48 m. Sq. Find the area of the verandah

Answer 1

Side length of room = 48/4 = 12 m
Side length of entire plot = 12 + 2 + 2 = 16 m
Therefore, Area of verandah =
${16}^{2} - {12}^{2} = 112 \: m2$