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Question
Each side of a square field is 70 cm. How much distance will a boy walk in order to make?
(i) one complete round of this field?
(ii) 8 complete rounds of this field?
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Solution
(i) Distance covered by the boy to make one complete round of the field.
The perimeter of the field: 4 x its side = 4 x 70 = 280 m
(ii) Distance covered by the boy to make 8 complete rounds of this field.
= 280 m x 8 m = 2240 m
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