Question: The floor of a rectangular room is 20 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) 120 m2\n(C) 108 m2\n(D) 158 m2\n(E) None of these Let's think first. Some random reasoning:
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Area of the outer rectangle = 24 Ã— 16 = 384 m2\nArea of the inner rectangle = 20 Ã— 12 = 240 m2\nRequired area = (304 â€“ 180) = 144 m2 The final answer: (A).
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