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The area of the cardboard needed to make a box of size 25 cm × 15 cm × 8 cm is _________.

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The area of the cardboard needed to make the box of given size is same as the total surface area of the box.

Length of the box, l = 25 cm

Breadth of the box, b = 15 cm

Height of the box, h = 8 cm

∴ Area of the cardboard needed to make the box

= Total surface area of the box

= 2(lb + bh + hl)

= 2(25 cm × 15 cm + 15 cm × 8 cm + 8 cm × 25 cm)

= 2(375 cm2 + 120 cm2 + 200 cm2)

= 2 × 695 cm2

= 1390 cm2

Thus, the area of the cardboard needed to make the box of given size is 1390 cm2.

The area of the cardboard needed to make a box of size 25 cm × 15 cm × 8 cm is ___1390 cm2___.

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