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A piece of carpet is 240cm long. Mr Jones cuts it into three pieces in the ratio 1:2:5 Work out the length of the longest piece of carpet.
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A piece of carpet is 240cm long.

Mr Jones cuts it into three pieces in the ratio 1:2:5
Work out the length of the longest piece of carpet.

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Answer:

Total ratio=8

Length of the longest side=5/8×240

=150

Explanation:

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