SOLUTION: A woman wants to divide a 360 cm long cloth in the ratio of 3:5. Find the difference between the lengths of the two pieces.
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Question 1008662: A woman wants to divide a 360 cm long cloth in the ratio of 3:5. Find the difference between the lengths of the two pieces.
Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
We can also call the ratio of the pieces, 3x to 5x. Thus there are
a total of 8x parts that add to 360 cm...we can ten write
8x = 360
x = 45
so that the ratio we want is
3(45) : 5(45)
135 : 225
and the difference is
225-135 = 90 cm
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