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# A rectangular lawn of length 200m by 120m has two roads running along

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A rectangular lawn of length 200m by 120m has two roads running along its center, one along the length and the other along the width. If the width of the roads is 5m what is the area covered by the two roads?

A. 400
B. 1550
C. 1575
D. 1600
E. 1625

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30 Jul 2015, 10:28
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A rectangular lawn of length 200m by 120m has two roads running along its center, one along the length and the other along the width. If the width of the roads is 5m what is the area covered by the two roads?

A. 400
B. 1550
C. 1575
D. 1600
E. 1625

Area Covered by Road Along the Length = 5*200 = 1000 Square Meter

Area Covered by Road Along the Width = 5*120 = 600 Square Meter

Common Area in both Roads (where the roads intersect) = Square with Side 5 meter = 5*5 = 25

Total Area of the Roads = 1000+600-25 = 1575

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Bunuel wrote:
A rectangular lawn of length 200m by 120m has two roads running along its center, one along the length and the other along the width. If the width of the roads is 5m what is the area covered by the two roads?

Alternative solution is using estimation...
A. 400 $$< 5 * 200$$, which is only one road. Too small
B. 1550 The share space is 25 total, $$5 * 5$$, thus 50 is too great of a subtraction
D. 1600 = $$5 * 200 + 5 * 120$$. Since shared space has not been deducted, too great of area.
E. 1625 > $$5 * 200 + 5 * 120$$, thus too big
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A rectangular lawn of length 200m by 120m has two roads running along its center, one along the length and the other along the width. If the width of the roads is 5m what is the area covered by the two roads?

A. 400
B. 1550
C. 1575
D. 1600
E. 1625

IMO: C
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Area of the road parallel to the length of the rectangular lawn = 200*5 = 1000 sq m
Area of the road parallel to the breadth of the rectangular lawn = 120*5 = 600 sq m
Area of the intersection of the two perpendicular roads = 5*5 = 25 sq m

Since we calculated the intersection road area twice( once while calculating along length and again while calculating along breadth), we need to subtract from the total sum once to make it even.

Thus area of the paths = 1000+600-25 = 1575 sq m
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area of 1st road = (5*120) = 600
area of 2nd road = (5*200) = 1000
area common = (5*5) = 25

thus, net area of roads = 600 + 1000 - 25 = 1575

Ans. = C
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Bunuel wrote:
A rectangular lawn of length 200m by 120m has two roads running along its center, one along the length and the other along the width. If the width of the roads is 5m what is the area covered by the two roads?

A. 400
B. 1550
C. 1575
D. 1600
E. 1625

Length of lawn=200 m
=(200*5)+(120*5)-(5*5)
=1600-25=1575
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31 Jul 2015, 06:23
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Width of the road running along the length = 5m, so length = 200m. -> Area = 5*200 = 1000 m^2

Width of the road running along the width = 5m, so length = 120m. -> Area = 5*120 = 600 m^2.

Area of intersection = 5*5 = 25 m^2.

Total area covered by the two roads = 1000+600-25 = 1575 m^2. Ans (C).
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A rectangular lawn of length 200m by 120m has two roads running along its center, one along the length and the other along the width. If the width of the roads is 5m what is the area covered by the two roads?

A. 400
B. 1550
C. 1575
D. 1600
E. 1625

Ans: C

solution: two roads running along the center means [ + ] kind of structure.
so we need to reduce the 5*5 box from the total.
so 200*5 + 120*5 - 5*5 = 1575
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23 Jan 2018, 12:31
Hi All,

This question is a bit oddly worded, but the 'intent' is to see whether you 'double-count' the overlapping space or not (the part that is covered by BOTH the roads in the 'corner' of the rectangle).

To start, we have a rectangle that is 200m x 120m. There's a 5m wide road that runs the entire length of the rectangle and one that runs the entire width of the rectangle. The areas of the individual roads are...

(5m)(200m) = 1000 m^2
(5m)(120m) = 600 m^2

However, these two roads 'overlap', creating a (5m)(5m) = 25 m^2 space in the corner in which they meet. That space is included in BOTH of those calculations though, so we have to remove one iteration of it. This leaves us with a total 'road area' of...

1000 + 600 - 25 = 1575 m^2

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