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An aluminum sheet 25 cm long, 20 cm broad and 2 cm thick is melted into a cube. The difference in the surface area of the two solids would be

Solution

✅ Correct Option: 4

Melting changes the shape but not the volume.

Using the formula for the volume of a cuboid, l×b×hl\times b\times h:

Volume of sheet=25×20×2=1000 cm3\text{Volume of sheet}=25\times20\times2=1000\text{ cm}^3

The cube has the same volume, so using a3=1000a^3=1000:

a=10003=10a=\sqrt[3]{1000}=10 cm


SolidSurface area formulaValue
Sheet (25×20×225\times20\times2)2(lb+bh+hl)2(lb+bh+hl)2(500+40+50)=1180 cm22(500+40+50)=1180\text{ cm}^2
Cube (edge 10 cm)6a26a^26×102=600 cm26\times10^2=600\text{ cm}^2

Difference=1180−600=580 cm2\text{Difference}=1180-600=580\text{ cm}^2

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