Question

$\text{Cost of}3\frac{2}{5}\text{metre of cloth is}rs88\frac{1}{2}.\text{What is the cost of 1 metre of cloth?}$

Answer 1

$\text{Given, cost of}3\frac{2}{5}or\frac{17}{5}\text{metre cloth or}=rs88\frac{1}{2}=rs\frac{177}{2}\therefore \text{Cost of one metre cloth}=\frac{177}{2}÷\frac{17}{5}=\frac{177}{2}\times \frac{5}{17}=rs\frac{885}{34}=rs26\frac{1}{34}$