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Question 123

A piece of cloth 5 m long shrinks 10 % on washing. How long will the cloth be after washing ?

Answer 1

Length of shrink cloth = $10\%of5m=\frac{10}{100}\times 5=\frac{1}{2}m$
$\therefore$ Length of cloth after wash $=5-\frac{1}{2}=\frac{9}{2}=4.5m$