If a cloth of 8 m costs rupees 250 find the cost of 5.8 metres of the same cloth.

Given:

The cost of cloth of 8 metres$=Rs.\ 250$.

To do:

We have to find the cost of 5.8 metres of the cloth.

Solution:

Cost of 1 metre of cloth$=Rs.\ \frac{250}{8}$

The cost of 5.8 metres of cloth$=Cost\ of\ 1\ m\ of\ cloth\times Length\ of\ cloth$

$=Rs.\ 5.8\times\frac{250}{8}$

$=Rs.\ 181.25$

The cost of 5.8 metres of cloth is Rs. 181.25.

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Updated on: 10-Oct-2022

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