Understanding Area and Perimeter in a Garden Walkway Problem

The video tutorial explains how to solve an application problem involving the area and perimeter of a garden surrounded by a walkway. It details the dimensions of the garden and walkway, and demonstrates how to calculate the area of the walkway by dividing it into four rectangles. The tutorial concludes with the total area of the walkway being calculated as 88 square feet.

What is the width of the garden mentioned in the problem?

• Four feet

• Six feet

• Twelve feet

• Two feet

How wide is the walkway surrounding the garden?

• Three feet

• Two feet

• Four feet

• One foot

How many rectangles are used to calculate the area of the walkway?

• Five

• Two

• Three

• Four

What is the total length of the side of rectangle one?

• Twelve feet

• Ten feet

• Six feet

• Eight feet

What is the area of rectangle one?

• Thirty feet squared

• Twenty feet squared

• Forty feet squared

• Twenty-four feet squared

What is the combined area of rectangles one and two?

• Eighty feet squared

• Sixty feet squared

• Forty feet squared

• Twenty feet squared

What are the dimensions of rectangle three?

• Eight feet by two feet

• Six feet by two feet

• Twelve feet by two feet

• Ten feet by two feet

What is the area of rectangle three?

• Forty-eight feet squared

• Thirty feet squared

• Twenty-four feet squared

• Twenty feet squared

What is the total area of the walkway?

• Ninety feet squared

• Ninety-eight feet squared

• Eighty-eight feet squared

• Eighty feet squared