A rectangular garden measures 23 ft by 42 ft. Surrounding (and bordering) the garden is a path 2 ft wide. Find the area of this path. Be sure to include the correct unit in your answer.

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\3. yes the presentation (i.e. odd numbers being written as differences of two squares) is possible for all odd natural number however the presentation may not be unique. for example,  57=112−82=292−28257=112−82=292−282.

\4. 2 can't be written as a difference of two squares because 4-1=3 and 1-1=0 and the difference of squares grows to integers larger that 3.

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