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Didnt understand your logic aspire.. :? :(
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ruhi160184 - Please see the attachment. I have tried to show the cross section of 4 cylinders. As the shaded portion will always remain empty, the circlular cross section of the cyliner with diameter = 4 is same as a box with a square cross section of 4*4.

Once you understand this point, we can rephrase the question as "how many boxes of dimension 4*4*12 can be fit into a box of dimension 16*20*14". Rest follows....

Hopefully it is clear now.
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:computer :fyi :panel :read :bouncer HATS OFF TO YOU!! understood it now.
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OA is 20..Thanks for the explanation.
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How come we came to 20 cylinders ?

I understood the shaded portion logic by aspire but could not understand how come you guys came to answer 20.

Because carton has dim. 14*16*20 and cyclindrical can now has dim as 4*4*12....
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My approach =>

A surface area of 16*20 can have 20 squares of dimension 4*4 [calculation: (16*20)/(4*4) = 20].

As the height of cyliner is 12, we are left with 14-12=2. As the lowest side is 4, we cann't fit anything into a space of 2.

So, the final answer is 20.



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