Question

To get the quantities, the lengths found using the long wall-short wall method are multiplied with _________

(a) Width

(b) Weight

(c) Thickness

(d) Breadth and depth

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Answer 1

Correct choice is (d) Breadth and depth

To explain: To get the quantities, the lengths found using the long wall-short wall method are multiplied with breadth and depth. In this method, the centre line lengths of the individual walls are calculated first to get the length of the short wall and the long wall.