A piece of wire $12 m$ long is cut into two pieces, one piece is $4.29 m$ long. What is the length of the other piece?

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Solution

Given, Total length $= 12$ m
Length of a one-piece $= 4.29$ m
Let the length of the other piece be $x$
As per the question,
$x + 4.29 = 12$
$⟹ x = 12 - 4.29$
$x = 7.71$ m
Thus, the length of the other piece is $7.71$ m

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