A square garden has a 1m wide path inside its boundary. If the areas of the two squares differ by 44m^2, how long is one side of the outer space?

1 Answer
Feb 16, 2018

Let the length of outer square of the garden be #x# m. since there is a 1m wide path inside the boundary .The length of the square garden excluding the path will be #(x-2)# m.

So by the condition of the problem we can write

#x^2-(x-2)^2=44#

#=>(2x-2)*2=44#

#=>2x-2=22#

#=>x=12# m