An iron piece of length 4 3/4 meter long was cut into 2 pieces one piece is 2 1/6 meter long find the length of other one

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let the shorter piece be having length 'x'

then length of longer piece is x + 2 1/6

so x + x+ 2 1/6 = 4 3/4

2x = 4 3/4 - 2 1/6

2x = 2.584

x= 1.292

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An iron piece of length 4 3/4 meter long was cut into 2 pieces one piece is 2 1/6 meter long find the length of other one

let the shorter piece be having length 'x' then length of longer piece is x + 2 1/6 so x + x+ 2 1/6 = 4 3/4 2x = 4 3/4 - 2 1/6 2x = 2.584 x= 1.292

let the shorter piece be having length 'x'

then length of longer piece is x + 2 1/6

so x + x+ 2 1/6 = 4 3/4

2x = 4 3/4 - 2 1/6

2x = 2.584

x= 1.292