Central park in city
The city park has the shape of a rectangle of 180 meters in length and 120 meters in width. People make their walk through the center of the park from one corner to the second. Calculate how many meters this way is shorter than they walked along the path that runs around the perimeter?
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Central Park is a rectangular park in New York City. Use the provided ruler to answer the following questions.
a. Find the perimeter and the area of Central Park in the scale drawing. Round your measurements for the length and the width to the nearest half centimeter to calculate your answers.
The perimeter in the scale drawing is centimeters.
The area in the scale drawing is square centimeters.
b. Find the actual perimeter and area of Central Park.
The actual perimeter is meters.
The actual area is square meters.
a. Find the perimeter and the area of Central Park in the scale drawing. Round your measurements for the length and the width to the nearest half centimeter to calculate your answers.
The perimeter in the scale drawing is centimeters.
The area in the scale drawing is square centimeters.
b. Find the actual perimeter and area of Central Park.
The actual perimeter is meters.
The actual area is square meters.
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You need to know the following knowledge to solve this word math problem:
- arithmetic
- square root
- subtraction
- planimetrics
- Pythagorean theorem
- right triangle
- perimeter
- triangle
- diagonal
- rectangle
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