The cost of papering the four walls of a room is Rs. 48.

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The cost of papering the four walls of a room is Rs. 48. Each one of length, breadth and height of another room is double that of this room.The cost of papering the walls of the new room is ?

1. Rs. 384
2. Rs. 298
3. Rs. 192
4. Rs. 96

Correct Option: C

Let the length, breadth and height of the room be l, b and h respectively

As per question
Cost of 2(l + b) x h = Rs. 48
∴ Required cost = cost of 2 (2l + 2b) x 2h
= cost of 4 [2(l + b) x h ]
= 4 x Rs. 48
= Rs. 192