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A rectangular lawn in a Pune housing society is m long and m wide. A path 1 m wide runs all around it on the outside (yellow). Which expression gives the area of the path?

Class 8Algebraic Expressions and IdentitiesAlgebra
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D

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Outer rectangle: . Path outer lawn .
Answer: D)

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