SOLUTION: 0.25 part of the total length of a bamboo is in the mud and 0.50 part is in water.The length of the bamboo above water is 4m. What is the total length of the bamboo? What is the

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Question 1121458: 0.25 part of the total length of a bamboo is in the mud and 0.50 part is in water.The length of the bamboo above water is 4m.
What is the total length of the bamboo?
What is the total part in mud and water?
If the length of bamboo above water is 9m,then find the length of bamboo in water.

Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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1/4 is in mud, 1/2 in water, so 1/4 must be the rest and that is above water and 4 meters long
if 1/4 length is 4 meters, the bamboo is 16 meters long ANSWER
12 meters is in mud and water, the rest of it ANSWER
If 9 m is above water, then twice as much, or 18 meters, is in water, since 1/2 is in water and 1/4 above ANSWER