The floor of a rectangular room is 17 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) 124 m2\n(B) 132 m2\n(C) 148 m2\n(D) 152 m2\n(E) None of these Stream of consciousness:
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Area of the outer rectangle = 21 Ã— 16 = 336 m2\nArea of the inner rectangle = 17 Ã— 12 = 204 m2\nRequired area = (336 â€“ 204) = 132 m2
Thus, the answer is (B).
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