An artist has completed one-fourth of a rectangular oil painting. Whe…

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An artist has completed one-fourth of a rectangular oil painting. When he paint another 100 square centimetres of the painting, he would complete three-quarters of the painting. If the height of the oil painting is 10 c…

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Option C. 20 cm. Answer & Solution Answer: Option C Solution: Let the area of the whole painting be x cm2 Then, & 1/4x + 100 = 3/4x & 1/2x = 100 & x = 200 ∴ Area of painting = 200 cm2 And, Height = 10 cm Length of painting : & = ( 20010 )cm & = 20\,\,cm

An artist has completed one-fourth of a rectangular oil painting. When he paint another 100 square centimetres of the painting, he would complete three-quarters of the painting. If the height of the oil painting is 10 cm, determine the length (in cm) of the oil panting.

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