Question

Twelve round gold medals each with a radius of three inches just fit inside a box with four medals in each of the three rows a red tape fits snugly around the sides of this box what is the length of the tape

Answer 1

Answer: The answer is 84 inches.

Step-by-step explanation: It is given that twelve round gold medals fit inside a box where 4 medals are placed in one ray. So, the number of rows in the box is 3.

The radius of each gold medal = 3 inches.

Therefore, diameter of each gold medal = 2 × 3 = 6 inches.

The box is obviously in the rectangular form where

`\textup{length} = 6* 4=24~\textup{inches}\\\textup{and}\\\textup{Breadth}=6* 3=18~\textup{inches}.`

The red tape fits snugly around the sides of the box, so it will cover whole of the box.

Therefore, the length of the tape = 24+18+24+18 = 84 inches.