8. MEASUREMENTS WITH TAPE.

The sides of a rectangular parcel of property

were measured and recorded as 249.50 m and 496.85 m. It was determined,
however, that the 30-m tape used in measuring was actually 30.05 m long.
Determine the correct area of the rectangle in hectares.

Given:

MLL = 496.85 m NL = 30 m

MLw = 249.50 m c = +0.05 m

Required:

The correct area of the rectangle in hectares, AHectares

Illustration:

496.85 m

249.50 m

Solution:

𝑊′ = 𝑊 + 𝐶 𝐿′ = 𝐿 + 𝐶

𝑊 𝐿
𝐶 = 𝑐 𝑥 (𝑁𝐿) 𝐶 = 𝑐 𝑥 (𝑁𝐿)

249.50 𝑚 496.85
𝐶 = 0.05 𝑚 𝑥 ( ) 𝐶 = 0.05 𝑚 𝑥 ( )
30𝑚 30𝑚

𝐶 = 0.4158 𝑚 𝐶 = 0.8280 𝑚

𝑊′ = 249.50𝑚 + 0.4158𝑚 𝐿′ = 496.85𝑚 + 0.8280𝑚

𝑊′ = 249.92 𝑚 𝐿′ = 497.68𝑚
𝐴 = 𝐿′ 𝑥 𝑊′

𝐴 = 249.92𝑚 𝑥 497.68𝑚

𝐴 = 124380.18 𝑠𝑞. 𝑚

𝑨 = 𝟏𝟐. 𝟒𝟒 𝒉𝒂