SOLUTION: There is a narrow rectangular plot reserved for a school,in Mahuli village.The length and breadth of the plot are in the ratio 11:4.At the rate of Rs 100 per metre it will cost the
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Question 1091397: There is a narrow rectangular plot reserved for a school,in Mahuli village.The length and breadth of the plot are in the ratio 11:4.At the rate of Rs 100 per metre it will cost the village Panchayat Rs 75000 to fence the plot.what are the dimensions of the plot???
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Find the total meters of fence needed
In words:
[ total cost ] / [ cost/meter ] = [ meters ]
m
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Let the length =
Let the breadth =
(1)
(2)
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(2)
and
(1)
(1)
Plug (1) into (2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
and
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
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The dimensions are 275 x 100
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check:
Total length was m
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
and
(2)
(2)
(2)
OK
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