SOLUTION: The length of a rectangular field is twice its bredth.A man jogged around it 5 times and covered a distance of 3 km. What is the length of the field?

Question 1127397: The length of a rectangular field is twice its bredth.A man jogged around it 5 times and covered a distance of 3 km. What is the length of the field?
Found 3 solutions by josgarithmetic, MathTherapy, ikleyn:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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The length of a rectangular field is twice its bredth.A man jogged around it 5 times and covered a distance of 3 km. What is the length of the field?
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Dimensions of field, x and 2x
(THAT MEANS "BREADTH" IS x AND LENGTH IS 2x.)

(HE RAN THE PERIMETER, FIVE TIMES; AND HE RAN 3 KILOMETERS; AND THESE ARE EQUAL.)
--------------(USING PERIMETER FORMULA)
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, -----------this is the breadth.

OR
200 meters, to the nearest whole meter
Answer by MathTherapy(10555)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

The length of a rectangular field is twice its bredth.A man jogged around it 5 times and covered a distance of 3 km. What is the length of the field?

Dimensions of field, x and 2x
(THAT MEANS "BREADTH" IS x AND LENGTH IS 2x.)
(HE RAN THE PERIMETER, FIVE TIMES; AND HE RAN 3 KILOMETERS; AND THESE ARE EQUAL.)
--------------(USING PERIMETER FORMULA)

, -----------this is the breadth.

OR
133 meters, to the nearest whole meter <============
This is WRONG, WRONG, WRONG, WRONG, WRONG, WRONG, and WRONG, again!
Then again, we all have grown accustomed to answers from this person to VERY, VERY likely be just that!
Correct answer:
Answer by ikleyn(52812)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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The solution by @josgarithmetic is totally wrong,

so for your safety simply ignore it.

The solution by the tutor @MathTherapy is correct.

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