priti cuts 4/10m cloth from 5/7m of cloth and distributes the rest among 3 people equally. how much does each one get?

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Solution

Length of cloth = 5/7 m
Length of cloth cut by priti = 4/10 = 2/5 m
Length of remaining cloth = 5/7 - 2/5 = (25 - 14)/35 = 11/35 m
Length of cloth each of 3 people gets = 11/35 Ã— 1/3 = 11/105 m

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