Subject: General Aptitude · Chapter: Area · Exam: 2010 · Marks: · Difficulty:
The cost of fencing an equilateral triangular park and a square park is the same. If the area of the triangular 2 park is 16 3 m , find the length of the diagonal of the diagonal of the square park.
Answer
Answer (as printed):
Explanation
Let the length of each side of the triangular park be a cm. 3 2 Then, a = 16 3 ⇒ a2 = 64 ⇒ a = 8 m. 4 Perimeter of the square park = Perimeter of the triangular park = (3 × 8) m = 24 m. 24 Side of the square park = cm = 6 m. 4 \ Length of diagonal of the square park = 6 2 m.
Explanation as extracted from the printed page; notation may be imperfect.