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Divide 294 metres of cloth into three lengths in the ratio 2:3:9. How many metres will the longest piece measure?
8 years ago

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MathMate
Let the longest piece be 9x.
Then we equate total length
294=2x+3x+9x=14x
solve for x and hence calculate the longest piece equal to 9x.
8 years ago

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