Question

A rope of length 13 m has been divided into 9 pieces of the same length. What is the length
2
of each piece?
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Answer 1

Answer:

From the equation,

Length of total rope=13

2

1

m=

2

13×2+1

=

2

27

m

The rope is divided into 9 equal pieces.

So, length of each piece=

Number of pieces

Total length

=

9

2

27

And we know that

c

b

a

=

b×c

a

∴

9

2

27

=

2×9

27

=

2

3

=

2

2+1

=1+

2

1

=1

2

1

Hence, length of each piece will be 1

2

1

m