Question

joshua had a rope that was 120 cm long.he ujsed 1/4 of it to tie some boxes together .he then used 5/9 of the remainder to make a skipping rope for daughter.he cut the rope he had left into 8 equal pieces.what was the length of each piece

Answer 1

Answer:

120cm is total length of rope and 1/4cm was used to tie boxes

Assume total length is x, then x-1/4x = y and y-5/9y=120cm and x comes out to 360 cm