Question

Athira drew a straight line PQ. Her friend, Sanjeev put a point B at 3 cm from P. Aruna measured the whole line segment PQ to be 6.2 cm. The length of the segment BQ is ___ cm.

Answer 1

PQ = 6.2 cm
PB = 3 cm
PQ = PB + BQ
6.2 = 3 + BQ
Therefore,
BQ = 6.2 - 3
= 3.2 cm