AMC 8 Daily Practice - Area Tricks

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Problem 2 Easy

There is a rectangular flower bed. In the middle of the flower bed, there is a pedestrian path with a width of 3 meters. The flower bed is 53 meters long and 25 meters wide. What is the area of the pedestrian path in square meters?

  • A.

    200

  • B.

    225

  • C.

    234

  • D.

    245

  • E.

    260

Answer:B

Through observation, we can translate the path to the position as shown in the following figure.

Therefore, the area of the pedestrian path is calculated as: 25 \times 3 + (53 - 3) \times 3 = 225

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