Question

A plate has its dimensions `4.234m`, `1.005m` and thickness is `2.01` `cm.` What is its surface area and volume?

Answer 1

Total area is `8.721` `m^2` and volume is `0.08553` `m^3`

Explanation:

Although it is considered a plate as its two dimensions (as length `l` is `4.234` `m` and breadth `b` is `1.005` `m`) are very large, but thickness `t` is relatively much smaller at `2.01` `cm.` i.e. `0.0201` `m`.

Hence volume is

`lxxbxxt=4.234xx1.005xx0.0201=0.08553` `m^3`.

and total surface area is

`2(lb+lt+bt)`

= `2xx(4.234xx1.005+4.234xx0.0201+1.005xx0.0201)`

= #2xx(4.25517+0.0851034+0.0202005)

= `2xx4.3604739`

= `8.7209478~=8.721` `m^2`