Question
Perimeter of a square shaped plot is 60 metres and the
area of a rectangular plot is 36% more than that of the square shaped plot. Find the area (in m2) of a rectangular plot?Solution
Perimeter of square shaped plot = 60 metres Let length of each side of the square shaped plot be ‘a’ metres. So, 4a = 60 Or, a = 15 Area of square shaped plot = 15 × 15 = 225 m2 Area of rectangular plot = 1.36 × 225 = 306 m2
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