A man has a 10m X 10m square garden. In the center is a 2m X 2m square patch which he cannot use. He divides his usable space into four congruent rectangular patches, each of which measures

4m X 6m

Step-by-step explanation:

This is because if there is a 2m square in the middle, there is 8 m of usable space left along both sides of the garden.

Because the 2m square was in the middle, there is 8/2 = 4m along each width of the 4 small rectangles.

Becuase 4m is the width, there is 10 - 4 = 6m along each rectangle's length.

how is that middle school

step-by-step explanation:

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step-by-step explanation:

step 1 distribute 2 to every term in the parentheses

step 2 add 10 on both sides of the equal sign