Problem 1.

A rectangular lot was being

measured using a 30m metallic tape
which was 6mm too long. The recorded
dimensions where 70.50 m long by
37.10 m wide.
a) What is the error due to the
erroneous tape?
b) What are the actual dimensions of
the lot?

Problem 2. A line is recorded as 472.90m

long. It is measured with a 0.65kg/m
tape which is 30.005 m long at 20C
under a 50N pull supported at both ends.
During measurement the temperature is
5C and the tape is suspended under a
75N pull. The line is measured on a 3%
grade.
What is the true horizontal
distance? E is 200GPa, cross-sectional
area of the tape is 3 mm 2 and the
coefficient of thermal expansion is
0.0000116 (m/m-C).
Problem 3. A 30 m steel tape is 2mm too
long at 20C with a pull of 55N. A
rectangle is measured with this tape.
The sides are recorded as 144.95 m and
113 m. The average temperature during
the measurement is 30C with a pull of
55N.
a) If the recorded measurement are
used , will the computed area of the
field be too small, or too big and
why?
b) What is the error in the area? Use
coefficient of thermal expansion of
steel tape as 0.0000116 (m/m-C)

Problem 6. A baseline was measured

using a 100m tape which is standardized
at 15C with a standard pull of 10kg.
The recorded distance was found to be
430.60 meters.
At the time of
measurement, the temperature was
20C and the pull exerted was 16kg.
Determine the true length of the base
line if the weight of one cubic cm steel
is 7.86 grams. Weight of tape is 2.67 kg.
E is 2 x 106 kg/cm2 and K is 7 x 10-7
(m/m-C)
Problem 7. An engineers chain was
used to measure a line, there were 6
tallies (1 tally = 10 pins) recorded, the
rear chainman had 5 marking pins (1 pin
= 100 links) and the distance from the
last pin to the end of the line was 51.10
links ( 1 link = 1 foot), what was the
length of the line?

Problem 8.
A 100m steel tape
standardized at 20C had a length of
100.06 m. it was used to measure a line
A to B on a slightly sloping ground. The
recorded tape distance was 622.70m.
The temperature at the time of
measurement is 29C.
the stadia
distance for the same line was only
560.0 m. Upon investigations, the
discrepancy was found out to be due to
the fact that a 10m length (between
75m and 85m was cut off.
a) What is the true length of the sloping
line?
b) What is the horizontal distance of the
same line if the difference of
elevation between A and B is 0.72m.

Problem 4. The distance measured with

a 50m steel tape is recorded as
696.41m. The tape is known to be 0.015
m too short. What is the correct length
of the line?
Problem 5. A steel tape is 100m long at
60C with a pull of 10 kgs. A line was
measured and found to be 510.02m
when the temperature was 65C using
the same pull. If the coefficient of the
thermal expansion of the tape is
0.0000065 (m/m-C), what is the correct
length of the line?

K is 0.0000116 (m/m-C)
Problem 9.
A rectangular field was
measured using a 100m tape which was
actually 10 cm too short. The recorded
area was 2500 m. what is the true area
of the field?
Problem 10. A steel tape is known to be
50 m long at 10C. if the coefficient of
thermal expansion is 0.0000116 (m/mC), what distance should be taped to
set two monuments exactly 1000m apart
when the temperature is 26C.