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The Cost of Papering the Four Walls of a Room at 75 Paise per Square Meter Rs. 240. the Height of the Room is 5 Meters. Find the Length and the Breadth of the Room, If They Are in the Ratio 5 : 3. - Mathematics

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The cost of papering the four walls of a room at 75 paise per square meter Rs. 240. The height of the room is 5 meters. Find the length and the breadth of the room, if they are in the ratio 5 : 3. 

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Solution

let the length and breadth of the room is 5x and 3x respectively.

Given that the four walls of a room at 75 paise per square met Rs. 240.
Thus,

240 = Area x 0.75

Area = `240/0.75`

Area = `24000/75`

Area = 320 m

Area = 2 x Height ( Length + Breadth )
320 = 2 x 5 ( 5x + 3 x )
320 = 10 x 8x
32 = 8x
x = 4

Length = 5x
= 5 ( 4 ) m
= 20 m

breadth = 3x
= 3 ( 4 ) m
= 12 m

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Chapter 21: Solids [Surface Area and Volume of 3-D Solids] - Exercise 21 (A) [Page 269]

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Selina Concise Mathematics [English] Class 9 ICSE
Chapter 21 Solids [Surface Area and Volume of 3-D Solids]
Exercise 21 (A) | Q 8 | Page 269
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