Question

A rectangular grassy plot is 56 m long and 39 m broad.It has a gravel path 2.5 m wide all around it.Find the area of the path and cost of constructing it at Rs4.50 per square metre

Answer 1

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation: the plot is rectangular in shape so its total area will be length into breadth now first find out the full area of this rectangular plot that is 39 into 56 the answer comes out to be 2184 now the path is 2.5 M wide so from both the sides we will -2.5 and 2.5 that is we will -5 so there in a rectangular which is formed by deducting the path area has a length of 51 and breadth of 34 no take out the area of the rectangle which will come 1734 the next step is to minus the area of in the rectangle that is the smaller rectangle from the bigger one the answer will come 450 now just multiply 450 with 2.5 as the cost per metre square is 2.5 your answer is 1125 rupees