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Standard VI
Mathematics
Solving Equations x+a = b and x-a = b by Rearranging Terms
A piece of wi...
Question
A piece of wire is of length
12
3
4
m
. If it is cut into two pieces in such a way that the length of one piece is
5
1
4
m
,
what is the length of the other piece?
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Solution
Let the length of second piece be x.
Total length of wire = Length of one piece + Length of second piece
12
3
4
=
5
1
4
+
x
⇒
(
12
×
4
)
+
3
4
=
(
5
×
4
)
+
1
4
+
x
⇒
x
=
(
12
×
4
)
+
3
4
-
(
5
×
4
)
+
1
4
⇒
x
=
51
4
-
21
4
⇔
30
4
⇒
x
=
30
4
⇔
15
2
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