A magazine charges Rs 300 per 10sqcm area for advertising. A company decided to order a half page advertisement. If each page of the magazine is 15cm × 24cm, what amount will the company has to pay for it?

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Philoid · Accepted Answer

Charges of 10 sq.cm of advertisement = Rs 300

Charges for 1 sq.cm = 300 / 10

= Rs 30

Area of 1 page of magazine = 15 × 24

= 360 sq.cm

Area of half page = 360 / 2

= 180 sq.cm

So Charges for half page advertisement = 180 × 30

= Rs 5400