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a children's park is 350 m long and 200 m wide. it is surrounded by a pathway of uniform width. suppose the total area of the park and the pathway is 74,464 m^2. how wide is the pathway?

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imagine the children's park as an ordinary rectangle.

let p be the width of the pathway:

(350+2p)(200+2p) = 74 464

that's the working equation. just solve for p ;)