A tailor used 2 meters of string to make 10 Halloween masks. He used _ of a meter for each mask.

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asked Jul 14, 2016 225k views

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Itsben · Answer 1 · 2016-07-18T06:45:15+0000

Answer: He used
(1)/(5) of a meter for each mask.

Explanation:

Given : A tailor used 2 meters of string to make 10 Halloween masks.

Here, Total length of string = 2 meters

Number of masks = 10

The the part of a meter of string is used for each Halloween mask will be :-

$(2)/(10)=(1)/(5) \text{ meter}$ [Divide total length of string by number of masks]

Hence, he used
of a meter for each mask.