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-The perimeter of a rectangular lot of land is 436 ft. This includes an easement of x feet of uniform width inside the lot on which no building can be done. If the buildable area is 122 ft by 60 ft,
Determine the width of the easement.
A) 4.5 feet
B) 18 feet
C) 7 feet
D) 9 feet

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Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The perimeter of the buildable area is 2(122 + 60) = 364 ft. Since the total perimeter including the easement is 436 ft, the difference of 72 ft accounts for the easement on all four sides. Each side of the easement is thus 72 ft / 4 = 18 ft in total for both directions (length and width). Since the easement runs around the entire perimeter, we divide this by 2 to find the width of the easement on one side, which is 18 ft / 2 = 9 ft.

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