A rectangular plot of lawn shown in the figure has dimensions x and y and is surrounded by a gravel pathway of width 2 m. What is the total area of the pathway ?

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Q: 130 (IAS/1997)
A rectangular plot of lawn shown in the figure has dimensions x and y and is surrounded by a gravel pathway of width 2 m. What is the total area of the pathway ?

question_subject: 

Maths

question_exam: 

IAS

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{'total area': [1, 1, 0, 0], 'gravel pathway': [0, 1, 0, 0], 'rectangular plot': [0, 1, 0, 0], 'lawn': [0, 1, 0, 0], 'pathway': [0, 1, 0, 0], '4y': [0, 2, 0, 0], 'width': [0, 2, 1, 1]}