Subject: General Aptitude · Chapter: Area · Exam: 2006 · Marks: · Difficulty:
The area of a rectangular field is $52000 \mathrm{m}^{2}$. This rectangular area has been drawn on a map to the scale 1 cm to 100 m . The length is shown as 3.25 cm on the map. The breadth of the rectangular field is
(a)150 m
(b)160 m
(c)200.5 m
(d)300.5 m
Answer
Answer (as printed):
Explanation
Length of the field $=(3.25 \times 100) \mathrm{m}=325 \mathrm{m}$. ∴ Breadth of the field $=\left(\frac{52000}{325}\right) \mathrm{m}=160 \mathrm{m}$.