Ravish wanted to make a temporary shelter for his car by making a box-like structure with tarpaulin that covers all the four sides and the top of the car (with the front face as a flap which can be rolled up). Assuming that the stitching margins are very small, and therefore negligible, how much tarpaulin would be required to make the shelter of height 2.5 metre with base dimension `4m\ x\ 3m\ ?`

Explanation

Area of tarpaulin required
= (area of four sides) + (area of the top)
`= {2(l + b) xx h} + ( l + b)`
`= {2 xx (4 + 3) xx 2.5 } m^(2) + (4 xx 3) m^(2) = (25 + 12) m^(2) = 47 m^(2)`