Question

A piece of cloth is $5m$ long. After washing,it shrinks by $\frac{1}{25}$ of its length.What is the length of the cloth after washing?

Answer 1

Length of cloth = 5m

After washing it's length

$=5-5\times \frac{1}{25}$

$=5-\frac{1}{5}$

$=\frac{25-1}{5}$

$=\frac{24}{5}m$ Ans