Class 9 | Chapter 13 | Surface areas and Volumes | Example 2

Example 2: Hameed has built a cubical water tank with lid for his house, with each outer edge 1.5 m long. He gets the outer surface of the tank excluding the base, covered with square tiles of side 25 cm (see Fig. 13.5). Find how much he would spend for the tiles, if the cost of the tiles is ` 360 per dozen.

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
 

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