Question

If the garden Is a square with a perimeter of 260 ft, what is the area of the walkway in square feet?

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assuming that the walkway is outside the square garden

if the perimeter of the garden is 260, then each side of the square is 260 / 4 = 65 feet

adding the walkway around all sides makes the garden + walkway a square that's 65 + 16 = 81 feet on a side (add 16 because the walkway is on each end of the square)

area of garden + walkway = 81^2 = 6561 sq. ft

area of garden = 65^2 = 4225 sq. ft

therefore, area of walkway = 6561 - 4225 = 2336 sq. ft