Question

1. While searching through a an old trunk you found a treasure map that says a treasure chest was burried 27
chains due west of the US Capitol Building. The treasure chest has 50 talents of gold and is buried 3 chains deep
under ground. Through your research you have discovered that 1 talent is 30.2 kg and 1 chain is 20.1 meters. How
many meters from the US Capitol should you dig, and how deep will you have to dig to find the treasure chest?

Answer 1

Answer:

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Explanation:

From the illustration;

1 chain = 20.1 meters

1 talent = 30.2 kg

The map says the treasure chest was buried 27 chains due west and 3 chains deep under the ground.

27 x 20.1 = 542.7 meters.

3 x 20.1 = 60.3 meters

This means that one would need to travel 542.7 meters due west from the US Capitol and dig 60.3 meters under the ground in order to locate the treasure chest.

The treasure chest has 50 talents of gold:

50 x 30.2 = 1,510 kg of gold.