A room 5m long and 4m wide is surrounded by a verandah . If the verandah occupies an area of 22 square m , find the width of the verandah.Pieas give the ans with detailed steps.
Let the width of verandah be w m.
Area of the room is
Length and width of the room including verandah will be (5+2w) and (4+2w) m.
Area of the room including verandah
Area of the room including verandah – Area of the room = Area of verandah
Since negative value of width is not possible, hence the width of verandah is 1 m.