Question

.A p iece of wire 7/ 8 metre long broke into two pieces. One piece was 1/ 4 metre long. How long is the other piece?

Answer 1

Answer:

5/8 metre

Step-by-step explanation:

Length of wire = 7/8 m

Length of one piece of wire = 1/4 mLength of other piece of wire = 7/8 - 1/4

= 7-2/8

= 5/8

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Answer 2

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

Total length of wire = 7 / 8 metre

The Length of one of the broken pieces of wire  1 / 4 metre. The lenght of the other piece of wire is unknown. The total lenght of the wire is 7/8 meters.

To find the missing lenght, we substract the given lenght of the broken piece of wire from the total length of the original wire

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