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  • 20-10-2018
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A boy scout has 4 meters of rope. He cuts the rope into cords 3/5 m long. How many cords will he make?

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  • 20-10-2018
Original length of the rope = 4m

Size of each piece = 3/5 m.

No of cords of same size formed will be

[tex]4 \div \frac{3}{5} \\ = 4 \times \frac{5}{3} \\ = \frac{20}{3} \\ = 6 \frac{2}{3} [/tex]

[tex]Therefore \: the \: person \: will \: make \: \: 6 \frac{2}{3 \: } cords.[/tex]
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