Question

Everly wants a walkway around her rectangular pool. She wants the walkway to be 5 ft wide all the way around. If her pool is 8 ft by 28 ft, what is the area of the walkway around the pool?

Answer 1

185ft^2

Explanation:

if it is an extra 5' on all sides the walkway and pool is 13ft by 33ft or 429 feet. If we subtract the pools area being 28*8 or 244 you get 429 - 244 = 185ft^2