Question

A street has parallel curbs $40$ feet apart. A crosswalk bounded by two parallel stripes crosses the street at an angle. The length of the curb between the stripes is $15$ feet and each stripe is $50$ feet long. Find the distance, in feet, between the stripes.

$9$

$10$

$12$

$15$

$25$

Answer: C

Concepts:parallelogram area

Difficulty rating: 1410

Solution:

The crosswalk is a parallelogram. Using the curb ( $15$ ft) as base and the street width ( $40$ ft) as height, its area is $15\cdot40=600$ square feet.

Using a stripe ( $50$ ft) as base, the area equals $50$ times the distance $d$ between the stripes, so $d=600/50=12.$

Thus, the correct answer is C.

2001 AMC 10 Problem 15

Answer: C

Difficulty rating: 1410

Solution:

Problem 15 in Other Years