A ladybug crawls around the outside of a rectangle that measures 7.5 cm by 8.5 cm. The ladybug stays exactly 3.9 cm from the rectangle at all times to form a larger figure. What is the area of the new rectangle bound by the path of the bug?

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Answer:

185.64 [tex]cm^{2}[/tex]

Step-by-step explanation:

Width =7.5+3.9*2 = 15.3 cm

Length = 8.5+3.9*2=16.3 cm

Big Area = 15.3*16.3 = 249.39 [tex]cm^{2}[/tex]

Small Area = 7.5*8.5 = 63.75 1 [tex]cm^{2}[/tex]

area bounded by the path of the bug = 249.39-63.75 = 185.64 [tex]cm^{2}[/tex]