Question

Mr. Sharma went to a newly opened sweet shop in his neighbourhood and was very happy with the packaging and the quality of sweets of that shop. Consequently, he decided to send a box of Kaju Katli to his son, Amit, who lives in Canada. In order to send Amit a hearty box of Kaju Katli (sweets), his father thought of ordering the Kaju Katli in a particular size. If PQRS represent a piece of Kaju Katli (as shown in the figure) and PM is 10 cm, then.
(i) How much space will each piece of Kaju Katli occupy in the box?
(ii) What is the length of PN?
(iii) What should be the length of a column in the sweet box if 5 pieces of Kaju Katli (each with height PN) are required to be placed in one column?

Answer 1

Answer:

Mr. Sharma went to a newly opened sweet shop in his neighbourhood and was very happy with the packaging and the quality of sweets of that shop. Consequently, he decided to send a box of Kaju Katli to his son, Amit, who lives in Canada. In order to send Amit a hearty box of Kaju Katli (sweets), his father thought of ordering the Kaju Katli in a particular size. If PQRS represent a piece of Kaju Katli (as shown in the figure) and PM is 10 cm, then.

(i) How much space will each piece of Kaju Katli occupy in the box?

(ii) What is the length of PN?

(iii) What should be the length of a column in the sweet box if 5 pieces of Kaju Katli (each with height PN) are required to be placed in one column?