Surface Areas and Volumes — Question 8
Back to all questionsA bus stop is barricaded from the remaining part of the road, by using 50 hollow cones made of recycled cardboard. Each cone has a base diameter of 40 cm and height 1 m. If the outer side of each of the cones is to be painted and the cost of painting is ₹ 12 per m2, what will be the cost of painting all these cones? (Use π = 3.14 and take = 1.02)
Given,
Diameter of cone (d) = 40 cm = m = 0.4 m
Radius of cone (r) = = 0.2 m
Height of cone (h) = 1 m

Slant height of cone (l) =
Substituting values we get :
By formula,
Curved surface area of each cone = πrl
= 3.14 × 0.2 m × 1.02 m
= 0.64056 m2
Curved surface area of 50 cones = 50 × 0.64056 m2 = 32.028 m2.
Given,
Cost of painting = ₹ 12 per m2.
Cost of painting of 32.028 m2 area = ₹ (32.028 × 12)
= ₹ 384.34 (approx.)
Hence, the cost of painting 50 such hollow cones = ₹ 384.34 (approx.)