Question
PSLE
Hilda had a piece of ribbon 17k cm long. She formed a triangle, with sides measuring k cm, 8k cm and 16 cm, with part of the wire.
  1. Express the length of the remaining ribbon in terms of k in the simplest form.
  2. Hilda used the remaining ribbon to form a rectangle of length 2k cm. If k = 5, what was the breadth of the rectangle?
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PSLE
Hilda had a piece of ribbon 17k cm long. She formed a triangle, with sides measuring k cm, 8k cm and 16 cm, with part of the wire.
  1. Express the length of the remaining ribbon in terms of k in the simplest form.
  2. Hilda used the remaining ribbon to form a rectangle of length 2k cm. If k = 5, what was the breadth of the rectangle?