as we know that the leaves of plants are waterproof due to cuticle. on the same way, take some pieces of paper of leaf size and make them waterproof. after completion, put half of these paper paper pieces in cold water and half in hot water. do all the pieces of paper remains waterproof? explain your observations and result with justification?

Define transpiration.

Transpiration is a process in which excess of water is lost in the form of vapours from the aerial parts of the plant.

ICSE Solutions for Class 10 Biology - Transpiration 1a

the answer would be the third option, "no, ariel should have added 9^2 and 12^2 and compared that to 15^2."

this is found through the pythagorean theorem, which is a^2 + b^2 = c^2.

this is the correct way of solving the problem:

9^2 + 12^2 = 15^2

81 + 144 = 225

225 = 225