Question

A circular  wire of radius 42 cm is bent in the form of a rectangle whose sides are in the ratio of 6 : 5. The smaller side of the rectangle is :


Options:
A .  25 cm
B .  30 cm
C .  36 cm
D .  60 cm
Answer: Option D

Length of wire = `2 pi R = (2 xx 22/7 xx 42)` cm = 264 cm.

Perimeter of rectangle = `2(6x + 5x) cm = 22x cm`

`:.`    `22x = 264`

`hArr   x = 12`

Smaller side = (5 x 12) cm = 60 cm.



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