Question

A piece of wire 5/14m long broke into two pieces .one piece was 1/7 m long.How long is the other piece ?​

Answer 1

Answer:

3/14m is the correct answer☑

Step-by-step explanation:

Other piece will be :

$= \frac{5}{14} - \frac{1}{7} \\ = \frac{5 -2 }{14} \\ = \frac{3}{14 } m \: ans.$

Answer 2

Answer:

Hey there.

All you need to do is subtract the the length of the broken wire from the original length of the wire

Length of the other broken wire=original length of wire -lenth of broken wire known

Length of broken wire=(7/8)m - (1/4)m=(5/8)m=0.625m

Hope that helped.!