Hi,

The ratio of the perimeter of a rectangle to its longest side is 10 : 3.

The perimeter is 40cm. What is the length of the longest side?

    ||Cross Multiplying to solve

     10x = 120cm

       x = 120cm/10 = 12cm

     

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