SURFACE AREAS AND VOLUMES
Class 9 Maths
NCERT EXERCISE 13.1
Q1: A plastic box 1.5 m long, 1.25 m wide and 65 cm deep is to be made. It is to be open at the top. Ignoring the thickness of the plastic sheet, determine :
(i) The area of the sheet required for making the box.
(ii) The cost of sheet for it, if a sheet measuring 1 m2 costs Rs 20.
Answer: Given,
l = 1.5 m,
b = 1.25 m,
h = 65 cm = 0.65 m
(i) ∵ the box is open at the top, it has only five faces.
Surface Area (SA) for five faces = lb + 2(bh + hl)
= 1.5 × 1.25 m² + 2 (1.25 × 0.65 + 0.65 × 1.5) m²
= 1.875 + 2 (1.7875) m² = 1.875 + 3.575
= 5.45 m²
(ii) Cost of 1 m² of the sheet = ₹ 20
∴ cost of 5.45 m² of the sheet = 20 × 5.45 m² = ₹ 109 (Answer)
Q2: The length, breadth and height of a room are 5m, 4m and 3m respectively. Find the cost of white washing the walls of the room and the ceiling at the rate of Rs 7.50 per m².