Answer to Question #147722 in Civil and Environmental Engineering for Joseph Se

Question

1. Name three most important pointers that an individual must remember to follow in order to make his/her approximation of the distance of an unknown course to be as accurate as possible.

2. A student tries to measure the perimeter of a small park of his community by pacing around the area for three consecutive times. The no of paces was tallied at 535,543 and 539 respectively, for each trial. If the student’s pace factor is 0.74m/pace, determine the actual perimeter of the land.

Answer 1

1. The three most important pointers to remember are: being calm and patient, being dedicated and staying focused to have a straight path, and finally, walking uniformly as possible.

2. The actual perimeter of the land is:

535,543+539= 536,082

536,082*0.74m=396,700.68m

So the perimeter is 396,700.68m