Question

A rod of a certain length is divided into 4 pieces of lengths 2.03 m, 6.89 m, 1.7 m and 3.83 m. If the total length is divided by the length of the smallest part what would be the result?

Answer 1

Total length = 2.03 + 6.89 + 1.70 + 3.76

$2.03$
$+6.89$
$+1.70$
$+3.83$
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$14.45$
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As per problem, we need to find 14.45/1.7.
14.45 has 2 decimal places and 1.7 has 1 decimal place hence the result will have 2 - 1 = 1 decimal point shifted towards left.

$\frac{1445}{17}=85$
Hence the result is 8.5.