Question
PSLE
Cathy had a piece of lace 17x cm long. She formed a triangle, with sides measuring x cm, 5x cm and 15 cm, with part of the wire.
  1. Express the length of the remaining lace in terms of x in the simplest form.
  2. Cathy used the remaining lace to form a rectangle of length 3x cm. If x = 5, what was the breadth of the rectangle?
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PSLE
Cathy had a piece of lace 17x cm long. She formed a triangle, with sides measuring x cm, 5x cm and 15 cm, with part of the wire.
  1. Express the length of the remaining lace in terms of x in the simplest form.
  2. Cathy used the remaining lace to form a rectangle of length 3x cm. If x = 5, what was the breadth of the rectangle?