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 :
Options:
(A) 124 m2
(B) 126 m2
(C) 136 m2
(D) 158 m2
(E) None of these Let's think first. Stream of consciousness:
Area of the outer rectangle = 22 16 = 352 m2
Area of the inner rectangle = 18 12 = 216 m2
Required area = (352 216) = 136 m2
So, the answer is (C).