Question

The floor of a rectangular room is 15 m long and 12 m wide. The room is surrounded by a verandah of width 2 m on all its sides. The area of the verandah is :

 (a) 124 m² (b) 120 m² (c) 108 m² (d) 58 m² (e) None of these

Answer 1

(a) Area of the outer rectangle
= 19 × 16 = 304 m²

Area of the inner rectangle = 15 × 12 = 180 m²
Required area = (304 – 180) = 124 m²