Question

A piece of wire 7/8 meter long broke into two pieces one piece was 1/4 Meyer long How long is other piece

Answer 1

Let the lenght of other pieces be x m

Then, if one part is 1/4 and other is x they together will be 7/8

1/4+x=7/8
x=7/8-1/4
x= 7-2/8
x=5/8