A square playground is surrounded by a sidewalk on all sides. the sidewalk is 2n+3 yards long on each side of the park.The sidewalk is 0.5 yard wide.what is the perimeter of the playground?write two equivalent expressions for the perimeter of the playground?

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Answer:

[tex]4(2n+2.5)[/tex] yards.

[tex]8n+10[/tex] yards.

Step-by-step explanation:

We have been given that a square playground is surrounded by a sidewalk on all sides. The sidewalk is [tex]2n+3[/tex] yards long on each side of the park.

Since side walk is 0.5 yard wide, so each side of playground will be 0.5 less than each side of sidewalk.

[tex]\text{Length of each side of playground}=\text{Length of each side of sidewalk - Width of sidewalk}[/tex]

[tex]\text{Length of each side of playground}=2n+3-0.5[/tex]

[tex]\text{Length of each side of playground}=2n+2.5[/tex]

Since playground is square, so perimeter of playground will be 4 times the length of each side of playground.

[tex]\text{Perimeter of playground}=4(2n+2.5)[/tex]

Upon distributing 4 we will get,

[tex]\text{Perimeter of playground}=8n+10[/tex]

Therefore, perimeter of playground will be [tex]4(2n+2.5)[/tex] yards or [tex]8n+10[/tex] yards.