Mrs Sapna had $17.85 m$ of ribbon. She cut $9$ smaller pieces each of length $0.35 m$ from it. How many metres of ribbon were left?

3.15 m

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14.7 m

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8.85 m

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17.5 m

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Solution

The correct option is C $14.7 m$
Total length of the ribbon $= 17.85$
Length of $1$ small piece of ribbon $= 0.35 m$
$\Rightarrow$ Length of $9$ small pieces of ribbon
$= 9 \times 0.35 = 3.15 m$
$∴$ Length of the remaining piece of ribbon
$= (17.85 - 3.15) m = 14.7 m$ .

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