A rectangular lawn is 50 m long and 70 m wide. It has two paths running in the middle, one parallel to its breadth. the width of both the paths is 10m. Find the area of the two paths.

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Area of two paths $= 10 \times 75 + 50 \times 10 - 10 \times 10$
$= 750 + 500 - 100$
$= 1150 m^{2}$

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A rectangular lawn is 50 m long and 70 m wide. It has two paths running in the middle, one parallel to its breadth. the width of both the paths is 10m. Find the area of the two paths.

Area of two paths =10×75+50×10−10×10 =750+500−100 =1150m2

Area of two paths $= 10 \times 75 + 50 \times 10 - 10 \times 10$
$= 750 + 500 - 100$
$= 1150 m^{2}$