The floor of a rectangular room is 18 m long and 12 m wide. The room is surrounded by a veranda of width 2 m on all its sides. The area of the veranda is :
Pick one
A) 124 m 2  B) 126 m 2  C) 136 m 2  D) 158 m 2  E) none of these

Rationale: "area of the outer rectangle = 22 ã — 16 = 352 m 2 area of the inner rectangle = 18 ã — 12 = 216 m 2 required area = ( 352 â € “ 216 ) = 136 m 2 answer c"
Answer: C