Rectangular land

On a rectangular land with dimensions of 35 m and 18.5 m is a house with a square floor plan with a side of 14 m. What % of the land is not occupied?

Correct result:

p =  69.7297 %

Solution:

a=35 m b=18.5 m  c=14 m  S1=a⋅ b=35⋅ 18.5=12952=647.5 m2 S2=c2=142=196 m2  p=S1−S2S1⋅ 100=647.5−196647.5⋅ 100=258037=69.7297%

Try another example


We would be pleased if you find an error in the word problem, spelling mistakes, or inaccuracies and send it to us. Thank you!






Showing 0 comments:
avatar




Tips to related online calculators
Our percentage calculator will help you quickly calculate various typical tasks with percentages.

You need to know the following knowledge to solve this word math problem:


 
We encourage you to watch this tutorial video on this math problem: video1

Next similar math problems:

  • Perctentages
    percent_24 35% of what number is 35?
  • Hop-garden
    chmelnica The length of the rectangular hop garden Mr. Smith increased by 25% and its width by 30%. What is the percentage change in area of hop garden?
  • Base of percentages
    vaha2 7% of the base is 35 kg. What is 39% of that base?
  • Roof cover
    jehlan_4b_obdelnik Above the pavilion with a square ground plan with a side length of a = 12 m is a pyramid-shaped roof with a height v = 4.5 m. Calculate how much m2 of sheet metal is needed to cover this roof if 5.5% of the sheet we must add for joints and waste.
  • The hall
    lucerna The hall had a rectangular ground plan one dimension 20 m longer than the other. After rebuilding the length of the hall declined by 5 m and the width has increased by 10 m. Floor area increased by 300 m2. What were the original dimensions of the hall?
  • Plot
    rectangle_5 The length of the rectangle is 8 smaller than three times the width. If we increase the width by 5% of the length and the length is reduced by 14% of the width, the circumference of rectangle will be increased by 30 m. What are the dimensions of the recta
  • Map scale
    rectangles_12 On a 1:1000 scale map is a rectangular land of 4.2 cm and 5.8 cm. What is the area of this land in square meters?
  • Garden
    garden_1 The area of a square garden is 6/4 of triangle garden with sides 56 m, 35 m, and 35 m. How many meters of fencing need to fence a square garden?
  • Scale
    pool_1 The swimming pool is long 110 m and 30 m wide. The plan of the city is shown as a rectangle with an area 8.25 cm2. What scale is the city plan?
  • Rectangle area
    rectangles_5 The length of a rectangle of x units is increased by 10% and its width of y units is increased by 15%. What is the ratio of the area of the old rectangle to the area if the new rectangle?
  • Parcel
    land_parcel Both dimensions of the rectangular parcel were increased by 26%. By how many % has increased its acreage?
  • Digging
    Dighole A pit is dug in the shape of a cuboid with dimensions 10mX8mX3m. The earth taken out is spread evenly on a rectangular plot of land with dimensions 40m X 30m. What is the increase in the level of the plot ?
  • Built-up area
    situacia_stavba John build up area 5 x 7 = 35 m2 with building with a wall thickness 30 cm. How many centimeters would have to subtract from thickness of the walls that built-up area fell by 9%?
  • Original plan
    zahrada Gardeners planted 16% more currant bushes than originally planned. In total, they planted x = 435 shrubs. What was the original plan?
  • Rectangular garden
    rectangle_1 The perimeter of Peter's rectangular garden is 98 meters. The width of the garden is 60% shorter than its length. Find the dimensions of the rectangular garden in meters. Find the garden area in square meters.
  • Natural fertilizer
    garden_1 The rectangular garden measuring 120m and 60m was fertilized with 16kg of natural fertilizer. Natural fertilizer contains 45% organic matter. How much organic matter falls on 1 m2 of garden?
  • Garden
    map_6 The garden around the new farm is divided as follows: 35% vegetable, 30% fruit orchards, 10% flowers and the remaining 120 m2 are lawns. What is the total area of the garden?