The area of a rectangular farm is 7462m². The width of the farm is 82m. Use logarithm tables to determine the length of the farm.

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90.99 m90.99 \text{ m}

Step-by-step solution

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  1. State the formula for the area of a rectangle and rearrange it to find the length.

    The area of a rectangle (AA) is given by the formula A=length×widthA = \text{length} \times \text{width}.
    Given A=7462 m2A = 7462 \text{ m}^2 and width w=82 mw = 82 \text{ m}.
    We need to find the length ll.

    l=Aw=746282l = \frac{A}{w} = \frac{7462}{82}
  2. Express the division using logarithms.

    To use logarithm tables, we convert the division into a subtraction of logarithms.

    log⁡l=log⁡(746282)=log⁡(7462)−log⁡(82)\log l = \log\left(\frac{7462}{82}\right) = \log(7462) - \log(82)
  3. Find log⁡(7462)\log(7462) using logarithm tables.

    The characteristic of log⁡(7462)\log(7462) is 3 (since 7462=7.462×1037462 = 7.462 \times 10^3).
    From logarithm tables, the mantissa for 746 is 0.8727. The mean difference for 2 is 1.
    So, the mantissa for 7462 is 0.8727+0.0001=0.87280.8727 + 0.0001 = 0.8728.

    log⁡(7462)=3.8728\log(7462) = 3.8728
  4. Find log⁡(82)\log(82) using logarithm tables.

    The characteristic of log⁡(82)\log(82) is 1 (since 82=8.2×10182 = 8.2 \times 10^1).
    From logarithm tables, the mantissa for 820 is 0.9138.

    log⁡(82)=1.9138\log(82) = 1.9138
  5. Subtract the logarithms.

    log⁡l=3.8728−1.9138\log l = 3.8728 - 1.9138 log⁡l=1.9590\log l = 1.9590
  6. Find the antilogarithm of 1.9590 to determine the length.

    The characteristic is 1, which means the number has two digits before the decimal point.
    From antilogarithm tables, the antilog of 0.9590 is approximately 9.099.
    Multiplying by 10110^1 (due to the characteristic of 1):

    l=9.099×101=90.99l = 9.099 \times 10^1 = 90.99

    The length of the farm is approximately 90.99 m.

    90.99 m\boxed{90.99 \text{ m}}

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