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.