Question

The perimeter of a square field is 16 cm more than the perimeter of a rectangle. The length of the rectangle is 54 cm which is 225% of its width. If a street of width 10 cm surrounds from outside the square, then find the total cost of constructing the street at the rate of Rs. 25 per sq. cm?

Q: Answer-&lt;p&gt;The perimeter of a square field is 16 cm more than the perimeter of a rectangle. The length...

Let the width of the rectangle x cm Then, 225 of x 54 x 54 times 100225 24 cm Perimeter of the rectangle 2length width 2 times 54 24 156 cm Perimeter of the square 156 16 172 cm The sides of the square 1724 43 cm The area of the square field without street 432 sq. cm 1849 sq. cm The area of the square field with street 43 202 sq. cm 3969 sq. cm The area of the street 3969 ndash 1849 2120 sq. cm The total cost of constructing the street 2120 times 25 Rs. 53,000