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Question 8: Parveen wanted to make a temporary shelter for her car, by making a box-like structure with tarpaulin that covers all the four sides and the top of the car (with the front face as a flap which can be rolled up). Assuming that the stitching margins are very small, and therefore negligible, how much tarpaulin would be required to make the shelter of height 2.5 m, with base dimensions 4 m × 3 m?
Prerequisite
Finding surface area of a cube or a cuboid is quite simple. Every cube/cuboid has 6 sides. All we need is find the area of all six sides and add – this will be the total surface area of the cube/cuboid.
A cube is a cuboid that has all edges of equal length. Hence, every cube is a cuboid as well but every cuboid is not a cube.
It is recommended to understand the core concept of area, surface area and volume before we attempt any question based on these concepts.
Derivation of formula – Surface area of cube and cuboid
Chapter 13 – Surface areas and Volumes
Concepts
- Area / Surface area / Volume – Introduction
- Surface Area of Cube and Cuboid
- Volume Of Cuboid and Cube
- Surface Area of Right Circular Cylinder
- Volume and capacity of Cylinder
- Right circular Cone
- Surface Area of Right circular Cone
- Volume of Cylinder vs Cone
- Litres and Cubic centimetre (cm³)
- Cubic meters to litres
