Question

11. A 2 m wide path is built inside a square garden of side 35 m along the border. a. Find the area of the path. b. Also, find the cost of planting grass in the remaining portion of the garden at the rate of 30 per square metre.​

Answer 1

Let ABCD, the square garden of side= 30 m.

PQRS is the region inside the garden.

so,

PQ = (30 -1-1 ) = 28 m

also

PS = ( 30 – 1 – 1 ) = 28 m

(i) Area of the path = Area of ABCD – Area of PQRS

= [( 30 x 30) – (28 x 28)]

= 900 – 784

= 116 sq.m

(ii) Area of the remaining portion in which the grass is planted = Area of square PQRS

= 28 x 28

= 784 sq.m

cost of planting the grass in the region PQRS = area x cost = 764 x 40

=31,360

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