Question

A rectangular supermarket, 90 m. by 60 m, is to be built on a city block having an area of 15

400 square metres. There is to be a uniform strip around the building for parking. How wide is
the strip? Draw a diagram (instead could be explained).

Answer 1

33.33 meters

Explanation:

To find the width of the uniform parking strip around the rectangular supermarket, we need to start by finding the area of the supermarket.

The area of the supermarket is:

90 m x 60 m = 5400 square meters

Next, we need to subtract the area of the city block from the area of the supermarket to find the area of the parking strip.

The area of the parking strip is:

5400 square meters - 15400 square meters = 10000 square meters

Now, we can divide the area of the parking strip by the length of the perimeter of the supermarket to find the width of the parking strip.

The length of the perimeter of the supermarket is:

90 m + 90 m + 60 m + 60 m = 300 meters

So, the width of the parking strip is:

10000 square meters / 300 meters = 33.33 meters

Therefore, the width of the uniform parking strip around the rectangular supermarket is approximately 33.33 meters.

Diagram in attached image:

This diagram represents the rectangular supermarket with dimensions of 90 meters by 60 meters. The uniform parking strip is not shown in the diagram, but it would be added around the sides of the rectangle.