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mrs susan bought 1/8 8m of curtain choth she used 3/5 m to make a curtain for the living room window how many meters of choth we're not use ​

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Answer:


(19)/(40)

Explanation:

The computation of the meters of cloth that were not use is shown below:

= Used for making a curtain - purchase of curtain cloth


= (3)/(5) - (1)/(8)\\\\= (24 - 5)/(40) \\\\= (19)/(40)

Hence, the meters of cloth that was not used is
(19)/(40)

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