A rectangular garden has a walkway around it. The area of the garden is 2(2.5x+1.5). The combined area of the garden and the walkway is 3.5(4x+4). Find the area of the walkway around the garden as the sum of two terms.
The area of the walkway around the garden is
(Simplify your answer. Use integers or decimals for any numbers in the expression.)

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step-by-step explanation:

take the logarithm of both sides (the base of the log doesn't matter):

apply the exponent property - this says that :

distribute the log terms on both sides:

group like terms together:

divide through both sides by the coefficient on :

you can do some additional rewriting here using the properties of the logarithm to simplify things if you like: