SOLUTION: Kerry skates laps around the playground. The playground is 150m long and 50m wide. How many laps will it take Kerry to skate 1km

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Question 1018690: Kerry skates laps around the playground. The playground is 150m long and 50m wide. How many laps will it take Kerry to skate 1km

Answer by fractalier(6550) About Me  (Show Source):
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Assuming it is a rectangular playground, then once around is called a perimeter.
Here, the perimeter is 150+50+150+50 = 400 m.
To skate 1 km, it would take 1000 m / 400 m = 2 1/2 laps.