The price of an item yesterday was . Today, the price rose to . Find the percentage increase.
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The length of the connected section of the pipe is 20 meters
To solve this question, we are going to do addition of fractions. But we must first convert the fractions from mixed fraction to an improper fraction.
<h3>Conversion of Fraction</h3>The given length are
- 6 2/3
- 6 (2/3)
- 6 (2/3)
Convert these mixed fractions into improper fractions
Now let's add up 20/3 in 3 places since they are of equal length.
From the calculation above, the length of the connected section of the pipe is 20 meters.
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