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                                    A garden is 90 m long and 75 m broad. A path 5 m wide is to be built outside and around it. Find the area of the path. Also find the area of the garden in hectare. | 
                            
| Answer» Length of garden `= 90 m`Breadth of garden `= 75m`Width of path `= 5m`Outer length `= 100m (90+5+5)`Outer breadth `= 85m (75+5+5)`Area of path = area of outer rectangle - area of inner rectangle`rArr (100*85) - (90*75)``rArr 8500 - 6750 = 1750 m^2`Hence, area of rectangle 1= 1750 m^21Now, `1 hec = 2592 m^2`Area of path in `hec = 175/2592 = 675`Area of garden in `hec = 6750/2592 = 2.604` | |