A pole is of a certain length, 0.35 m of the pole is painted red, 1.37 m is painted white and 3.27 m is painted black. The remaining 5.63 m is left unpainted. Which of the following is the length of the pole if we round off to the nearest integer?
11 m
The total length of the pole is the portion that is painted red, white, black and the portion left unpainted.
The total length of the pole is = 0.35 + 1.37 + 3.27 + 5.63
0.35
+1.37
+3.27
+5.63
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10.62
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The total length of the pole is 10.62 m
Rounding it off to the nearest integer we get the length as 11 m.