A piece of wire 10m long is to be cut into two pieces, one of them two-thirds as long as the other. How should the wire be cut?

Question

A piece of wire 10m long is to be cut into two pieces, one of them two-thirds as long as the other. How should the wire be cut?

Answer 1

Hey Bob

 

 

lets think of first peice as - x then other should be  two third of x which is  (2/3)x.

 

Given total piece of wire length is 10 then  x+(2/3)x = 10 --> (5/3)x = 10 --> x = 6

 

and 2/3 of 6 is 4 

 

 

Hope this helps

 

 

-Naidu