Question

A city has a rectangular park that is 143 feet by 32 feet. There is a grassy field with a width of 30 feet. Next to the field there's a flower bed with the width of 2 feet. What is the area of the park in square feet?

Answer 1

Answer: 4,576 ft

Step-by-step explanation: multiply 143 and 32 together.

The size of the field and the flower bed is just extra information they are using to trick you.

Answer 2

`4576 feet^2`

Explanation:

Length of the park = 143 feet

Width of park = 32 feet

Area of rectangular park =
`Length * Breadth`

=
`143 * 32`

=
`4576 feet^2`

Hence the area of the park in square feet is
`4576 feet^2`