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MEASUREMENTS WITH TAPE. The Sides of A Rectangular Parcel of Property

The sides of a rectangular parcel of land were measured as 249.50m by 496.85m using a 30m tape that was actually 30.05m long. To calculate the correct area in hectares, 0.05m was added to each measurement to account for the tape length. This gave corrected side lengths of 249.92m by 497.68m. Multiplying these values gave the correct area of 124,380.18 sqm, which equals 12.44 hectares.

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MEASUREMENTS WITH TAPE. The Sides of A Rectangular Parcel of Property

The sides of a rectangular parcel of land were measured as 249.50m by 496.85m using a 30m tape that was actually 30.05m long. To calculate the correct area in hectares, 0.05m was added to each measurement to account for the tape length. This gave corrected side lengths of 249.92m by 497.68m. Multiplying these values gave the correct area of 124,380.18 sqm, which equals 12.44 hectares.

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8. MEASUREMENTS WITH TAPE.

The sides of a rectangular parcel of property


were measured and recorded as 249.50 m and 496.85 m. It was determined,
however, that the 30-m tape used in measuring was actually 30.05 m long.
Determine the correct area of the rectangle in hectares.

Given:

MLL = 496.85 m NL = 30 m

MLw = 249.50 m c = +0.05 m

Required:

The correct area of the rectangle in hectares, AHectares

Illustration:

496.85 m

249.50 m

Solution:

𝑊′ = 𝑊 + 𝐶 𝐿′ = 𝐿 + 𝐶

𝑊 𝐿
𝐶 = 𝑐 𝑥 (𝑁𝐿) 𝐶 = 𝑐 𝑥 (𝑁𝐿)

249.50 𝑚 496.85
𝐶 = 0.05 𝑚 𝑥 ( ) 𝐶 = 0.05 𝑚 𝑥 ( )
30𝑚 30𝑚

𝐶 = 0.4158 𝑚 𝐶 = 0.8280 𝑚

𝑊′ = 249.50𝑚 + 0.4158𝑚 𝐿′ = 496.85𝑚 + 0.8280𝑚

𝑊′ = 249.92 𝑚 𝐿′ = 497.68𝑚
𝐴 = 𝐿′ 𝑥 𝑊′

𝐴 = 249.92𝑚 𝑥 497.68𝑚

𝐴 = 124380.18 𝑠𝑞. 𝑚

𝑨 = 𝟏𝟐. 𝟒𝟒 𝒉𝒂

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