GIVING BRAINLIEST! A rectangular garden has a width of 10 feet and a length of 14 feet. A cement walkway is added around the outside of the garden. The area of the garden and the walkway together are 396 square feet. What is the width of the walkway? I will give you a hint on how to start:

The new width is 10 + 2x and the new length is 14 + 2x.

Given:

Width of a garden = 10 feet

Length of the garden = 14 feet

Area of the garden and the walkway together = 396 square feet.

To find:

The width of the walkway.

Solution:

A cement walkway is added around the outside of the garden.

Let x be the width of the walkway.

The width of the garden with walkway = 10+2x

The length of the garden with walkway = 14+2x

Area of a rectangle is

Area of garden and the walkway together is

Divide both sides by 4.

Splitting the middle term, we get

Using zero product property, we get

Width of walkway cannot be negative. So, x=4.

Therefore, the width of the walkways is 4 feet.

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step-by-step explanation: because you don't have to draw a point of intersection. couldyou give me brainliest?

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the ratio of white tiles to blue tiles is 48: 16. the ratio in it's simplest form is 3: 1.

step-by-step explanation:

ratio: take the first number and add a colon next to it, then add the second number after that. make sure the ratio order matches up with the written problem!

simplest form: we can simplify the ratio 48 : 16 by dividing both terms by the greatest common factor (gcf).

the gcf of 48 and 16 is 16.

divide both terms by 16:

48 ÷ 16 = 3

16 ÷ 16 = 1

reducing to simplest form:

48 : 16 = 3 : 1