Question

Garden is 120 M long and 85 M wide it has an insult path of uniform width 3.5 M all around it. The remaining part of the garden is covered by grass .Find the cost of covering the garden by grass at 50 paise per square metre

Answer 1

Area of garden without path =
$120 \times 85 = 10200$
Area of garden with path =
$(120 + 7) \times (85 + 7) = 11684$

Area of Path =
$(11684 - 10200) = 1484$
Cost of covering=
$1484 \times 50 = 74200 paise$
In Rupees=
$74200 \div 100 =rs742$