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The area of a square is 4096┬аsq┬аcm. Find the ratio of the breadth and the length of a rectangle whose length is twice the side of the square and breadth is 24┬аcm less than the side of the square.
5 : 16
18 : 5
7 : 16
5 : 32
5 : 16
Calculate side s=4096тАЛ=64. Then breadth=64тИТ24=40 and length=2├Ч64=128. Ratio = 40:128=5:16.
Area of a square = 4096 sq cm. Rectangle length = 2 ├Ч side of square. Rectangle breadth = (side of square - 24) cm.
AreasquareтАЛ=side2,Ratio=lengthbreadthтАЛ
Calculate side s=4096тАЛ=64. Then breadth=64тИТ24=40 and length=2├Ч64=128. Ratio = 40:128=5:16.
Many students mistakenly use the area for the rectangle or calculate length as the side of the square instead of twice the side.
Calculate the side of the square
The area of a square is given as 4096 sq cm. Using the formula Area=s2, we find s=4096тАЛ.
s=4096тАЛ=64┬аcm
Determine rectangle dimensions
The length L of the rectangle is twice the side of the square, and the breadth B is 24 cm less than the side.
L=2├Ч64=128┬аcm,B=64тИТ24=40┬аcm
Calculate the ratio
The ratio of breadth to length is B:L. Dividing both terms by their greatest common divisor (8):
Ratio=12840тАЛ=165тАЛ=5:16
A is correct because the calculated ratio of breadth (40) to length (128) simplifies to 5:16.
This type of dimension-based ratio problem frequently appears in arithmetic sections to test basic algebraic manipulation along with geometric properties.