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
