SSC CHSL 17 Mar 2020 Shift 2 Paper

Question : 71 of 100

Marks: +1, -0

The length and breadth of a rectangle are in the ratio

5: 3

. If the length is

8 {\m}

more than the breadth, what is the area of the rectangle?

Solution:

Let the length and width of rectangle be

5 x {\m}

and

3 x {\m}

respectively.
According to the question,

5 x=3 x+8

2 x=8

x = 4 m
∴ Area

=

length

\×

width

=5 x \×3 x

=5 \×3 \×4 \×4

=240 {\m}^{2}

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