The floor of a rectangular room is 19 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 :\nOptions:\n(A) 144 m2\n(B) 140 m2\n(C) 108 m2\n(D) 158 m2\n(E) None of these Hmmm, my stream of consciousness:
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Area of the outer rectangle = 23 Ã— 16 = 368 m2\nArea of the inner rectangle = 19 Ã— 12 = 228 m2\nRequired area = (368 â€“ 228) = 140 m2 So, the answer is (B).
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