A corridor of a school is 8 m long and 6 m wide It is to be covered with canvas sheets If the availa...

Question

A corridor of a school is 8 m long and 6 m wide It is to be covered with canvas sheets If the available canvas sheets have the size 2 m x 1 m find the cost of canvas sheets required to cover the corridor at the rate of Rs 8 per sheet

Accepted Answer

Given length of the corridor 8 m Also breadth of the corridor 6 m Area of the corridor of a school Length x Breadth 8 m x 6 m 48 m2 We have length of the canvas sheet 2 m Breadth of the canvas sheet 1 m Area of one canvas sheet Length x Breadth 2 m x 1 m 2 m2 Thus Number of canvas sheets required to cover the corridor 482 24 Given Cost of one canvas sheet Rs 8 Total cost of the canvas sheets number of canvas sheet x cost of one canvas sheet 24 x 8 Rs 192

RD Sharma Solutions Class 7 Mathematics Solutions for Mensuration 1 Exercise 20.1 in Chapter 20 - Mensuration 1