Question

if 1 meter cloth costs rupees 31¾ fond the cost of 5½ metres cloth
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Answer 1

Answer:

₹ 174.625

Step-by-step explanation:

₹ 31 ¾ can also be written as ₹ 31.75

Let the cost of 5.5 m of cloth be x

According to the question,

• 1 m cloth = ₹ 31.75
• 5.5 m cloth = x

On cross multiplying,

x = 31.75 × 5.5

→ x = ₹ 174.625

∴ Cost of 5½ metres of cloth = ₹ 174.625

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This question can also be solved by ratio and proportion method that is by writing the given condition as:

1 : 31.75 :: 5.5 : x

Answer 2

✪ SOLUTION ☟︎︎︎

PRICE OF 1m CLOTH = Rs 31 × 3/4 = Rs 31.75

COST OF 5 × 1/2 (5.5) m CLOTH = 31.75 × 5.5

= 174.625.

SO,the cost of 5½ metres cloth= Rs 174.625

ꕥ ᴡHICH IS THE REQUIRED ANSWER ꕥ

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MORE WAYS TO SOLVE:-

(i) By Ratio and proportion

(ii) By Algebra.

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