Subject: General Aptitude · Chapter: Volume and Surface Area · Exam: 2006 · Marks: · Difficulty:
A rectangular sheet of paper, 10 cm long and 8 cm wide has squares of side 2 cm cut from each of its corners. The sheet is then folded to form a tray of depth 2 cm. Find the volume of this tray.
Answer
Answer (as printed):
Explanation
Clearly, we have: Length of the tray = (10 – 2 × 2) cm = 6 cm. Breadth of the tray = (8 – 2 × 2) cm = 4 cm. Depth of the tray = 2 cm. \ Volume of the tray = (6 × 4 × 2) cm3 = 48 cm3.
Explanation as extracted from the printed page; notation may be imperfect.