Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

-- Mathematics - Section B1

Chapter

Determinants

Question:

Manjeet wants to donate a rectangular plot of land for a school in his village. When he has asked to give dimensions of the plot, he told that if its length is decreased by 50 m and breadth is increased by 50 m, then its area will remain same, but if its length is decreased by 10 m and breadth is decreased by 20 m, then its area will decrease by 5300 m2. If length and breadth of the plot are x and y respectively, then based on above information answer the question.

Area of the rectangular plot is:

Options:

60,000 sq. m

3,000 sq. m

25,000 sq. m

30,000 sq. m

Correct Answer:

30,000 sq. m

Explanation:

Area of rectangle = L × B = xy

= 200 × 150 = 30000 sq. m

option 4 is correct.