Question

A farmer wants to grow paddy on half of his square field of side $13\text{m}$, and leave the remaining land open. Find the area of the land used up to grow the paddy in ${\text{m}}^2$.

• A. 84.5

Answer 1

The correct option is A 84.5
Given:
The length of side of the square field
= $13\text{m}$
The total area of the field $=\text{s}\times \text{s}=13\times 13=169{\text{m}}^2$
The area used to grow paddy is half of the total area of the field.
$\Rightarrow$$\frac{169}{2}=84.5{\text{m}}^2$
Thus, the total area of land used by
the farmer to grow paddy is $84.5{\text{m}}^2$.