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A wall 24 m long, 5 m high and 0.25 m thick to be constructed using bricks measuring 25cm×12.5cm×7.5 cm. Find the number of bricks required, if 5% of the wall is occupied by cement and sand mixture.

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12,160
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12,100
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12,150
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12,140
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Solution

The correct option is A 12,160
Volume of cuboid =24×100×5×100×0.25×100
=30000000
5 percent of cement and sand =30000000×5100
=1500000
Total wall is 300000001500000=28500000
Volume of brick =25×12.5×7.5=2343.75
Total number of bricks =285000002343.75=12,160

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