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Sunil cuts the paper label of a soup tin straight down along its height and flattens it. What shape does he get?

Class 8Surface Area of a CylinderMensuration
  • AA triangle
  • BA rectangle
  • CA circle
  • DA trapezium

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The curved surface of a cylinder opens out into a rectangle; its length is the circumference of the base and its breadth is the height.
Answer: B) A rectangle

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