document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1014234>Question 1014234</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A road 2m broad surrounds a square park 4225 m^2 in area. Find the cost of paving the marbles each of 25 cm by 8 cm in size on the road at Rs. 50 per piece of marble. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #630544 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><B>Theo(13342)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Theo><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=630544\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the area of the square park is 4225 square meters.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "take the square root of that and you get each side of the park is 65 meters long.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the road surrounding it is 2 meters wide.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "if you increase the length of each side by 4 meters (2 on each end), then the length of the new side will be equal to 69 meters.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "this new side will include the width of the road on each end.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "square this and you get 69^2 = 4761 square meters.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "your new area includes the park plus the road.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "subtract the area of the park and you get 4761 - 4225 = 536 square meters.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "since the road is 2 meters wide, then the length of this road will be 536 / 2 = 268 meters.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "you have a road that, if you stretched it out in a straight line, would be equal to 2 meters wide by 268 meters long.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "your marble tiles are 8 centimeters wide by 25 centimeters long.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "convert that to meters and your marble tiles are .08 meters wide by .25 meters long.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "take 268 meters long and divide that by .25 meters long and you get 1072 stones long.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "take 2 meters wide and divide that by .08 meters wide and you get 25 stones wide.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1072 stones long by 25 stones wide = 26,800 stones in total.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "you could have solved it the following way as well.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the width of the park is 65 meters.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "add 2 meters on each end to get a width of 69 meters.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the road is 2 meters wide, so the road along the width and beyond by 2 meters on each side is equal to 2 meters wide by 69 meters long.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "your tiles are .08 meters wide by .25 meters long.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2/.08 = 25 stones wide.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "69/.25 = 276 stones long.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "total stones on the lower road is 25 * 276 = 6900 stones.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "same on the upper road gets you a total of 6900 * 2 = 13,800 stones required for the upper and lower road.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "on the left side of the park, your road will be 2 meters wide by 65 meters long.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2 meters wide / .08 meters wide = 25 stones wide.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "65 meters long / .25 meters long = 260 stones long.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "total stones required for the left road is 25 * 260 = 6500 stones.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "add the same amount of stones for the right road and you get 2 * 6500 = 13,000 stones for the left and right road.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "lower and upper road plus left and right road = 13,800 + 13,000 = 26,800 stones.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "you get the same number of stones either way.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "see the following diagram for what i mean.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "if the cost is 50 per stone, then your total cost for the stones will be 26,800 * 50 = 1,340,000 rs.<BR>\n" );
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