Question

l = 3 cm long and lengths of lines m and n are three-fourth the length of l. Are m and n equal?​

Answer 1

Answer:

l=3 cm

line m is 3/4 of l, ie (3/4)×3 and

line n is 3/4 of l, ie (3/4)×3

since both lines are (3/4)×3 , both are equal

Ans : Both are equal

Answer 2

Answer:

m and n are both 3/4 L

Step-by-step explanation:

The problem states that m and n are both 3/4 L or 9/4. So, if the problem means what it says, then m and n are equal.

The trick may be that a cursory reading of the problem might cause you to believe that m and n should equal L =3 cm. Believing that m and n must equal L you would (mistakenly) think that if m = 3/4L, then n must be 1/4L so they would add up to L.

So, they are equal because the problem said that each is 3/4 L and there is nothing that stands in the way of their adding up to more than L.