A rectangular garden is surrounded by a walkway of uniform width. The garden measures 10 m by 34 m. The total area of the garden and walkway is 640m^2 Using width as the shorter dimension, what is the expression for the width and walkway together?

(Use x as your variable)

the smallest possible measurement of the width is 14 feet

step-by-step explanation:

let's assume length of parallelogram is 'l'

width of parallelogram is 'w'

the perimeter of a parallelogram must be no less than 40 feet

so, we get

we are given

length of parallelogram is 6 feet

so,

l=6

we can plug it

now, we can solve for w

subtract both sides by 12

divide both sides by 2

and we get

so,

the smallest possible measurement of the width is 14 feet