Question

You have three towels. The first towel is ¾ meters long. It is ⅗ the length of the second towel. The length of the third towel is 5/12 of the sum of the length of the first and the length of the second. What part of the length of the third towel is the length of the second?

Answer 1

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

Part of length of the third towel is the length of the second towel

Solution:

Given that You have towels of 3 sizes

Length of the first towel =  meter

The length of one of them is equal to 3/4m, which makes up 3/5 of the length of the second.

Length of the first towel =

The length of the third towel makes up 5/12 of the lengths of the first 2.

To find: What part of the length of the third towel is the length of the second towel ?

Ratio of second to third towel length =

Thus 3/2 part of length of the third towel is the length of the second towel