Question

0.24 portion bamboo is in soil and 0.36 portion is in the water, length of the bamboo above water is 4m.
a)what portion of bamboo is above water?
b)What is total length of bamboo?
c)What is the length of bamboo in soil?

Answer 1

(a) the portion of soil = 0.64

so length of that = 4m

(b) the length of water portion

= 0.36*4/0.64 = 2.25

Total length of bamboo=2.25+4=6.25

(c) the is 4