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Question
A school playground is rectangular in shape with length = 120 m and breadth = 90 m. Some school boys run along the boundary of the play-ground and make 15 complete rounds in 45 minutes. How much distance they run during this period.
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Solution
Length of the rectangular playground = 120 mBreadth of the rectangular playground = 90 m
∴ Perimeter of the rectangular ground = 2(l + b)
= 2(120 + 90) m = 420 m
Thus, in one complete round, boys covers a distance of = 420 m
∴ Distance covered in 15 complete rounds = 420 m x 15 = 6300 m
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