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 verandah is:

124 m^{2}

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Solution

The correct option is A $124 m^{2}$
Area of outer rectangle $= 19 \times 16 = 304 m^{2}$
Area of inner rectangle $= 15 \times 12 = 180 m^{2}$
$∴$ Reqd. area $= (304 - 180) m^{2} = 124 m^{2} .$

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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 verandah is:

The correct option is A 124m2Area of outer rectangle =19×16=304m2Area of inner rectangle =15×12=180m2∴ Reqd. area =(304−180)m2=124m2.

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 verandah is:

The correct option is A $124 m^{2}$
Area of outer rectangle $= 19 \times 16 = 304 m^{2}$
Area of inner rectangle $= 15 \times 12 = 180 m^{2}$
$∴$ Reqd. area $= (304 - 180) m^{2} = 124 m^{2} .$