To cover one suitcase, we need to find the surface area of the suitcase that needs to be covered. The surface area of the suitcase can be calculated by finding the sum of the areas of its six sides.
Area of one side of the suitcase = length x height = 80cm x 48cm = 3840 sq.cm
Area of the opposite side of the suitcase = length x height = 80cm x 48cm = 3840 sq.cm
Area of the other four sides of the suitcase = width x height = 24cm x 80cm + 24cm x 80cm + 24cm x 48cm + 24cm x 48cm = 7296 sq.cm
Total surface area of one suitcase = 3840 sq.cm + 3840 sq.cm + 7296 sq.cm = 14976 sq.cm
To cover 100 such suitcases, we need to multiply the surface area of one suitcase by 100.
Total surface area of 100 suitcases = 14976 sq.cm x 100 = 1497600 sq.cm
To find the amount of tarapaulin required, we need to divide the total surface area of 100 suitcases by the width of the tarapaulin.
Amount of tarapaulin required = (1497600 sq.cm) / (96 cm) = 15600 sq.cm
We now need to convert the required area into meters.
1 sq.cm = 0.0001 sq.m
15600 sq.cm = 15600 x 0.0001 sq.m = 1.56 sq.m
Therefore, we need 1.56 sq.m of tarapaulin to cover 100 such suitcases, assuming that there is no overlap of the tarapaulin.