Problema Solution

1. the distance between electric posts on a road is 50 m. how far is the distance between 10 posts?

2. a park is 75 m long and 50m wide. if you jog three times around it, will you cover at least 1 km? explain

Answer provided by our tutors

1.

9 x 50 m = 450 m

The distance between 10 posts is 450 meters.

2.

3 times the perimeter of the park is:

3 X (2 X 75 + 2 X 50) = 750 m

750 m = 0.75 km < 1 km

Jogging 3 times around the park is less than 1 km.