Question

A square pond is to be built in a park. The pond is 50 meters long and 50 meters wide. There should be a tile sidewalk 5 meters wide all around the pond. The tile is sold in crates of 45 square meters of tile. What will the tile cost if the cost of each box of tile is $74

Answer 1

The area of the pond is
Area =  l * w
Area = 50 * 50
Area = 2500 square meters.

Then there is a sidewalk with 5 meters wide around the pond.
So the new dimension is
60 * 60
Area = 60 * 60
Area = 3600

Then at 45 m^2 = $74
= 3600 / 45 * 74
= $5,920

So the total cost of tile is $5,920.