A girl has a piece of string. She wants to cut it in the ratio 3:5 . The length of the longer piece is 20cm more than the shorter piece . find the length of the shorter piece
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let the length be x.
3/5 = x/x+20
3x + 60 = 5x
60 = 5x-3x
60= 2x
30= x
length of shorter piece is 30 cm
3/5 = x/x+20
3x + 60 = 5x
60 = 5x-3x
60= 2x
30= x
length of shorter piece is 30 cm
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