Question

A farmer wants to purchase a piece of land. The land owner showed him a 10 m x 10
m plot. The farmer told that he had not sufficient money for it so he asked to give half
of the land. The landowner gave him 5 m x 5 m and took half money.
(i) Did the landowner cheat the farmer? Why?
(ii) Which mathematical concept is used in this question?
(iii) If the cost of land per square meter is x, find out the original cost of the land.
(iv)How much land is left with the land owner?

Answer 1

Answer:

i) Yes the land owner cheated the farmer.

ii) Area.

iii) 100x

iv)75m

Step-by-step explanation:

i) as the area of original land would be 100m(10*10)

but the farmer got 25m of the land(5*5)

iv) original area of land 100m

land given to farmer 25m

Land left = 100-25m

= 75m