Question

Bill cut a piece of cloth into 2 pieces. The length of the shorter piece is 5/9 of the longer piece.
A find the ratio of the length of the longer piece to the length of the shorter piece to the total length.
B if the longer piece is 148.6cm longer than the shorter piece.. Find the total length of the original piece of cloth

Answer 1

longer piece ---- x
shorter piece ---- (5/9)x

ratio of longer : shorter : total
= x : (5/9)x : x+ (5/9)x
= x : (5/9)x : (14/9)x
= 1 : 5/9 : (14/9)
= 9 : 5 : 14

B.
if x - (5/9)x = 148.6
then .........

Answer 2

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