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An ice-cream carton measures 10 cm × 8 cm × 5 cm. The company keeps the base the same but doubles only the height. What is the volume of the new carton?

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  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D

Step-by-Step Solution

New volume = — doubling ONE dimension doubles the volume (400 → 800). Trap : the original volume, unchanged. Trap : doubling twice. Trap : applying the "8 times" cube rule, which holds only when ALL THREE dimensions are doubled.
Answer: C)

Key idea: Surface area and volume of a cylinder

A cylinder is a circle stacked vertically. Two measurements: radius and height .

**Curved surface area (CSA) = 2π** (imagine 'unrolling' the curved surface — it becomes a rectangle of width 2π and height h).

**Total surface area (TSA) = 2πππ** (curved surface + two circular ends).

**Volume = π** (area of circular base × height).

Use π = 22/7 when is a multiple of 7; otherwise π ≈ 3.14.

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