Amir stands on a balcony and throws a ball to his dog, who is at ground level. The ball's height (in meters above the ground), x
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Given:
Carol has 88cm of string and cuts it in the ratio 5 : 6.
To find:
How much longer is the longest piece compared to the shortest piece.
Solution:
Let the lengths of two pieces of string are 5x and 6x. Then,
Now, the lengths of pieces are:
And,
The difference between the longer piece and shorter piece is:
Therefore, the longer piece is 8 m longer than the shorter piece.