Question

Darnell has two scraps of cloth. The first scrap is 3.75 cm in length. The second scrap is 1/5 as long as the length of the first. What is the total length of the scraps?

Answer 1

The total scrap is of
`4.5\ cm` length.

Explanation:

To find the total length of the scrap cloth.

We have to to add both the length of the scrap cloth.

First scrap cloth is of
`3.75\ cm` lets say it
`L_1` and the second scrap is
`(1)/(5)` of
`(3.75)`.

Calculating the length of second scrap lets say it is of
`L_2` length.

Now
`L_2=(1)/(5) * 3.75\ cm = 0.75\ cm`

Adding
`L_1` and
`L_2`.

`L_1+L_2= 3.75+0.75 =4.5\ cm`

So the total length of the scrap cloth Darnell is having
`=4.5\ cm`