From a cloth 5 m long, a piece of length 2 m 85 cm is cut off. What is the length of the remaining piece?

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Solution

We know that 1 m = 100 cm
Length of the cloth = 5 m
Length of the piece cut off from the cloth = 2 m 85 cm

∴ Length of the remaining piece of cloth = 5 m ‒ 2.85 m
= 2.15 m = 2 m 15 cm

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