Question

A piece of cloth is 5 m long . After washing ,it shrinks by 1/25 of it's length. What is the length of the cloth after washing ?

Answer 1

Answer:

24/5 m

Step-by-step explanation:

Original length of the cloth = 5 m

Length of cloth that shrunk = 1/25 of its length = 5 * 1/25 = 1/5 m

Length of cloth left after washing = 5 - 1/5

Denominators of the fraction are 1 and 5.

LCM of 1 and 5 is 5.

5 - 1/5

= [(5 * 5) - (1 * 1)] / 5

= (25 - 1)/5

= 24/5 m

∴ 24/5 m  of the cloth is left after washing.