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A rope 20.6 meters long is cut into two pieces [#permalink]

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22 May 2016, 21:14

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A rope 20.6 meters long is cut into two pieces. If the length of one piece of rope is 2.8 meters shorter than the length of the other, what is the length, in meters, of the longer piece of rope?

A. 7.5
B. 8.9
C. 9.9
D. 10.3
E. 11.7

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22 May 2016, 22:57

nalinnair wrote:

Length of the rope = 20.6 meters.
Assume length of longer piece = x meters.
Length of shorter piece = x - 2.8

We know that x + x - 2.8 = 20.6
2x = 23.4
Length of the longer piece = x = 11.7 meters

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23 May 2016, 01:23

nalinnair wrote:

Similar question to practice: a-rope-40-feet-long-is-cut-into-two-pieces-if-one-piece-is-137872.html
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