Is there another way to find the area of the pathway in the problem above?

Question

Is there another way to find the area of the pathway ?

Answer 1

Yes. 

The area of the pathway can be found by dividing it into rectangles and adding the areas of these rectangles.

Length of rectangle 1 = 30 + 1.5 + 1.5 = 33 m

Breadth of rectangle 1 = 1.5 m 

∴ Area of rectangle 1 = 33 x 1.5 

= 49.5 sq. m 

Area of rectangle 4 = Area of rectangle 1 

= 49.5 sq. m. 

Length of rectangle 2 = 65 m 

breadth of rectangle 2 = 1.5 m 

∴ Area of rectangle 2 = 65 x 1.5 

= 97.5 sq. m. 

Area of rectangle 3 = area of rectangle 2 

= 97.5 sq. m. 

∴ Area of pathway = Sum of area of the 4 rectangles 

= 49.5 + 49.5 + 97.5 + 97.5 

= 294 sq. m.