Question

Meera plants 5 saplings in a row the distance between two adjacent saplings is 3/5 metre find the distance between the first and the last sapling : explain by showing full method

Answer 1

Answer:

the answer will be 3 metre

Step-by-step explanation:

distance between two adjacent saplings=3/5 m.

and there are 5 saplings.

so the distance between the first and the last sapling=(3/5)×5 m.

=5 m.

Answer 2

Answer:

0.4 metres

Step-by-step explanation:

suppose # denotes one sapling.

So, her plants:

# 3/5 m # 3/5 m  # 3/5 m # 3/5 m #

No of times 3/5 is coming= 4

Therefore the distance between the first and the last sapling=

3/5 x 4

= 3 x 4 / 5

= 12/5

= 2 $\frac{2}{5}$

= 0.4 m

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