Question

Hameed has built a cubical water tank with lid for his house, with each other edge 1 .5 m long. He gets the outer surface of the tank excluding the base, covered with square tiles of side 25 cm. Find how much he would spend for the tiles, if the cost of tiles is Rs. 360 per dozen.

Answer 1

Given that Hameed is giving 5 outer faces of the tank covered with tiles he would need to know the surface area of the tank, to decide on the number of tiles required.