#A Piece of string 3m 24 cm long is cut into two equal lengths
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violet elbow
well lets call the length of one segment x
now, make an expression for the whole thing in terms of x
vernal valve
man be more simple and srtaightfoward
violet elbow
i mean its one way to think about it
buut the other way to think about it is
one string is half? quarter? 60%? of the whole thing?
what do ya think
vernal valve
buut the other way to think about it is
No, the answer is not 1 meter. As calculated earlier, each piece of the string is 1.62 metres long. So, each piece is longer than 1 metre.