A man walking at 3km/hr crosses a square field diagonally in 2 min. The area of the field is?
Correct Answer: 50 acres
Explanation:
speed = 3 x ( 5/18 ) m/sec.
= 5 / 6 m/sec. ∴ Distance covered in 2 min. = ( 5 / 6) x 2 x 60 m
= 100 m. ∴ Length of diagonal = 100 m Area of the field = 1/2 x diagonal2
=1/2 x 100 x 100 m2
= 5000 m2
= 50 acres.