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Find the cost of digging a cuboidal pit 8 m long, 6 m broad and 3 m deep at the rate of Rs 30 per m3.

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Find the cost of digging a cuboidal pit 8 m long, 6 m broad and 3 m deep at the rate of Rs 30 per m3.

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The given cuboidal pit has its length (l) as 8m, width (b) as 6m, and depth (h) as 3m.

Volume of pit = l × b × h

                    = (8 × 6 × 3) m3

                    = 144 m3

Cost of digging per m3 volume = Rs 30

Cost of digging 144 m3 volume = Rs (144 × 30) = Rs. 4320

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Chapter 18: Surface Areas and Volume of a Cuboid and Cube - Exercise 18.2 [Page 29]

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R.D. Sharma Mathematics [English] Class 9
Chapter 18 Surface Areas and Volume of a Cuboid and Cube
Exercise 18.2 | Q 3 | Page 29

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