Question

A rhombus shaped field has green grass for 18 cows to graze. If each side of the rhombus is 30 m and its longer diagonal is 48 m, how much area of grass field will each cow be getting?

Answer 1

Let ABCD be a rhombus-shaped field.

For ΔBCD,

Semi-perimeter,

`s=(48+30+30)/2 = 54 m`

By Heron's Formula,

`"Area of triangle "=sqrt(s(s-a)(s-b)(s-c))`

`therefore" Area of ΔBCD "=[sqrt(54(54-48)(54-30)(54-30))]m^2`

                                 `=sqrt(54(6)(24)(24))`

                                  = 3 x 6 x 24

                                  = 432 m²

Area of field = 2 × Area of ΔBCD

= (2 × 432) m² = 864 m²

Area for grazing for 1 cow = 864/18 = 48 m²

Each cow will get 48 m² area of grass field.