A rectangular lawn measuring 24 feet by 16 feet is surrounded by a flower bed of uniform width. The combined area of the lawn an d the flower bed is 660 square feet. What is the width of the flower bed?
1 answer:
Answer:
6 feet
Step-by-step explanation:
(24+x)(16+x)=660
384+24x+16x+x²=660
x²+40x-276=0
x`= 6
x```= -46......no serve
Answer......is 6 feet
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