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ISEE Upper Level
Quantitative Reasoning

Area of Walking Path Around a Rectangular Park

Hard Word Problems Geometry Application

A rectangular park has a length of 120 meters and a width of 80 meters. The park management plans to add a walking path that is 4 meters wide around the entire park. What will be the area of the path?

To solve this, first calculate the area of the park and then the area of the park including the path. Use the formula for the area of a rectangle, $A = l \times w$, where $l$ is the length and $w$ is the width.

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