Question

An athelete takes $5$ rounds of a rectangular park, $50$ m long and $250$ m wide. Then the total distance covered by him is ______ .

• A. $150$ m
• B. $75$ m
• C. $1000$ m
• D. $3000$ m

Answer 1

The correct option is D $3000$ m

Given, Breadth of the rectangular park $b=250$ m

and Length $l=50$ m

Perimeter of the park $=2(b+l)$

$=2\times (250+50)$

$=2\times 300$

$=600$ m

Given: Athlete take $5$ rounds around the rectangular park

So, the total distance covered by the athlete $=$ $5\times 600$ m $=3000$ m