Question

A pole is of a certain length, 0.35 m of the pole is painted in red, 1.27 m is painted in white and 3.27 m is painted in black. The remaining 5.63 m is left unpainted. Find the length of the pole?

• A. 10.52 m
• B. 11.52 m
• C. 15.2 m
• D. 19.23 m

Answer 1

The correct option is A 10.52 m

The total length of the pole is the portion that is painted in red, in white, in black and the portion which is left unpainted.
The total length of the pole is = 0.35 + 1.27 + 3.27 + 5.63

$0.35$
$+1.27$
$+3.27$
$+5.63$
$\overline{}$
$10.52$
$\overline{}$

The total length of the pole is 10.52 m