Question

A piece of carpet is 240cm long.

Mr. Jones cuts it into three pieces in the ratio 1:2:5

Work out the length of the longest piece of carpet.

Answer 1

Answer:

150cm

Step-by-step explanation:

Here is how I would do it

So the ratio is 1:2:5 so we can add them all up to get 1+2+5=8

Then we calculate 240/8 and get 30

After this we can simply to 1*30=30 2*30=60 and 5+30=150 and to double check 30+60+150= 240 again so we know that 150 cm is the length of the longest piece

Answer 2

Answer:

no

Step-by-step explanation: