The sum of length, breadth and height of a cuboid is 19 cm and its diagonal is

Question:

The sum of length, breadth and height of a cuboid is $19 \mathrm{~cm}$ and its diagonal is $5 \sqrt{5} \mathrm{~cm}$. Its surface area is

(a) 361 cm2
(b) 125 cm2
(c) 236 cm2
(d) 486 cm2

 

Solution:

(c) 236 cm2
Let l, b and h be the length, breadth and height of the cuboid.
Then,

$l+b+h=19$

$\Rightarrow(l+b+h)^{2}=(19)^{2}$

Therefore,

$\left(l^{2}+b^{2}+h^{2}\right)+2(l b+b h+l h)=361$

$\Rightarrow(5 \sqrt{5})^{2}+2(l b+b h+l h)=361$

$\Rightarrow 2(l b+b h+l h)=(361-125)$

 

$\Rightarrow 2(l b+b h+l h)=236 \mathrm{~cm}^{2}$

Hence, the surface area of the cuboid is $236 \mathrm{~cm}^{2}$.

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