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# A bud vase that has a depth of 10 inches is filled with water to a dep

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A bud vase that has a depth of 10 inches is filled with water to a depth of 8 inches. If a rose with a stem 12 inches long stands vertically in the vase, what fraction of the rose's stem is inside the vase, but not in the water?

(A) 1/6
(B) 1/5
(C) 1/4
(D) 1/3
(E) 1/2
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04 Dec 2017, 23:44
Bunuel wrote:
A bud vase that has a depth of 10 inches is filled with water to a depth of 8 inches. If a rose with a stem 12 inches long stands vertically in the vase, what fraction of the rose's stem is inside the vase, but not in the water?

(A) 1/6
(B) 1/5
(C) 1/4
(D) 1/3
(E) 1/2

The length of the rose that can be inside the vase is 10. The stem is not in the water but inside the vase is 2. The fraction is $$\frac{2}{12} = \frac{1}{6}$$

A

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Bunuel wrote:
A bud vase that has a depth of 10 inches is filled with water to a depth of 8 inches. If a rose with a stem 12 inches long stands vertically in the vase, what fraction of the rose's stem is inside the vase, but not in the water?

(A) 1/6
(B) 1/5
(C) 1/4
(D) 1/3
(E) 1/2

The length of the rose that can be inside the vase is 10. The stem is not in the water but inside the vase is 2. The fraction is $$\frac{2}{10} = \frac{1}{5}$$

B

I think answer should be A not be -we need fraction of the rose's stem i.e out of 12 inches, 10 is inside>2 out of this 10 is not in water and therefore 2/12=1/6

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05 Dec 2017, 04:52
Bunuel wrote:
A bud vase that has a depth of 10 inches is filled with water to a depth of 8 inches. If a rose with a stem 12 inches long stands vertically in the vase, what fraction of the rose's stem is inside the vase, but not in the water?

(A) 1/6
(B) 1/5
(C) 1/4
(D) 1/3
(E) 1/2

What fraction of the rose's stem (stem = 12") is inside the vase (vase = 10") but not in the water (water = 8").
So the fraction is: $$\frac{(10-8)}{12}=\frac{1}{6}$$
(A) is the answer.

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06 Dec 2017, 00:38
Fraction of the rose's stem inside the vase, but not in the water=
(Length of stem inside vase but outside water) / (Total Length of the stem)

= (10-2)/12 = 2/12= 1/6

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