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In A Nutshell Problem Set: Measurement of Horizontal Distance

This document contains 15 problems related to surveying measurements. The problems involve calculating distances and angles based on measurements taken using pacing, tapes, theodolites, and other surveying equipment. Information given includes recorded measurements, known dimensions of equipment, temperature, and other relevant factors. The goal is to determine true distances and angles based on standardizing for things like tape length, temperature, tension, and sag.

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In A Nutshell Problem Set: Measurement of Horizontal Distance

This document contains 15 problems related to surveying measurements. The problems involve calculating distances and angles based on measurements taken using pacing, tapes, theodolites, and other surveying equipment. Information given includes recorded measurements, known dimensions of equipment, temperature, and other relevant factors. The goal is to determine true distances and angles based on standardizing for things like tape length, temperature, tension, and sag.

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Charisse Mae Mara BCE 211

In a Nutshell

Problem Set: Measurement of Horizontal Distance

1. In walking along a 75-m course, the pacer of a field party counted 43.50, 44.00, 43.50,
43.75, 44.50, 43.25 strides. Then 105.50, 106.00, 105.75, and 106.25 strides were
counted in walking from one market to another established along a straight and level
course. Determine the distance between the two markers.

2. A student paces a 50-m length five times with the following results: 57.00, 56.75, 56.50,
58.00, and 56.25 paces. Determine how many paces must he step off in order to establish
a distance of 450 meters in on level ground.

3. Determine the length of a line negotiated in 208 paces by a person whose pace is 0.76
meters long.
4. With the use of a 1-sec theodolite positioned at the center of a six-sided lot, the
following readings were taken on a 2-m subtense bar set up at each corner: 0° 25' 16",
0°12’35",0°15'05", 0°22'29", 0°30’45", and 0°09’50". Determine the distance of each
corner from the Instrument position.

5. A 2-m long subtense bar was first set up at A and subsequently at B, and the subtended
angles to the bar, as read from a theodolite positioned somewhere along the middle of
line AB, were recorded as 0°24'15’’ and 0°20'30', respectively. Determine the length of
AB.
6. A slope measurement of 545.38 m is made between points and B. The elevation of A
is 424.25 m and that of B in 459.06 m. Determine the horizontal distance between the two
points.

7. The sides of 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.

8. A track and field coach wishes to layout for his team a 200-m straightaway course. If
he uses a 50-m tape known to be 50.20 m long, determine the measurements to be made
so that the course will have the correct length.
9. A 30-m steel tape is of standard length at 20°C. If the coefficient of thermal expansion
of steel is 0.0000116/1°C, determine the distance to be laid out using this tape to establish
two points exactly 1235.65 m apart when the temperature is 33°C.

10. A steel tape is 30.0-m long under a pull of 6.0 kg when supported throughout. It has
a cross-sectional ported area of 0.035 cm2 and is applied fully supported with a 12- kg
pull to measure a line whose recorded length is 308.32 m. Determine the correct length
of the line if E=2.1 x 106 kg/cm2.

11. A 30-m steel tape weighs 1.5 kg and is supported at its end points and at the 5 and
15meter marks. If a pull of 8 kg is applied, determine the correction due to sag between
supports and for one tape length.
12. Determine the normal tension required to make a tape exactly 30.0 m between its
ends when used in an unsupported mode, If the tape has a cross-sectional area of 0.045
cm2 and weighs 0.90 kg. Assume that the tape exactly 30.0 m when supported throughout
its length under a standard pull of 6.0 kg, and its modulus of elasticity 2.10 x 106 kg/cm2.

13. A 30-m tape weighs 12.5 g/m and has a cross section of 0.022 cm2. If it measures
correctly when supported throughout under a tension of 8.0 kg and at temperature of
20°C. When used in the field, the tape is only supported at its ends, under a pull of 9.0
kg, and at an average temperature of 28°C. Determine the distance between the zero
and 30-m marks.
14. A line was found to be 2865.35 m long when measured with a 30-m tape under a
steady pull of 6.5 kg at a mean temperature of 30°C. Determine the correct length of the
line if the tape used is of standard length at 20°C under a pull of 5.5 kg. Assume the cross-
sectional area of tape to be 0.025 cm2, elastic modulus as 2.10 x 106 kg/cm2, and
coefficient of thermal expansion to be 0.0000116/1°C.

15. The sides of a triangle measure 1063.55, 1840.33, and 1325.05 m. Determine the
three angles in the triangle.

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