Homework Help: geometry

Posted by johana on Saturday, May 28, 2011 at 9:48am.

A square garden has a perimeter of 48 meters. A pond inside the garden has an area of 20 square meters. What is the area of the garden that is not taken up by the pond?

geometry - PsyDAG, Saturday, May 28, 2011 at 12:13pm
Let x = length of side of garden.

The garden perimeter is 4x = 48, x = 12

12^2 - 20 = ?

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