A rectangular paper when folded into two congruent parts had a perimeter of 34cm foer each part folded along one set of sides and the same is 38cm. When folded along the other set of sides. What is the area of the paper?

Correct Answer: 140

when folded along the breadthwe have 2(l/2 +b) = 34 or l+2b = 34...........(1)when folded along the length, we have 2(l+b/2)=38 or 2l+b =38.....(2)from 1 &2 we get l=14 and b=10Area of the paper = 14*10 = 140 sq cm