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Question:A water pipe is cut into two pieces.The longer piece is 70 Percent of the length of the pipe.By how much per cent is the longer piece longer then the shorter piece?


I didn't understand why we divided the difference of both longer and smaller pipes by the length of shorter pipe in the last step of this question​

Answer 1

Answer:

40%

Step-by-step explanation:

Longer piece= 70%

Shorter peace= 100 - 70= 30%

Longer peace is longer than shorter peace by= 70 - 30 = 40%

Correct explanation.

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