Question
PSLE
Barbara had a piece of lace 18a cm long. She formed a triangle, with sides measuring a cm, 2a cm and 16 cm, with part of the wire.
  1. Express the length of the remaining lace in terms of a in the simplest form.
  2. Barbara used the remaining lace to form a rectangle of length 4a cm. If a = 4, what was the breadth of the rectangle?
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PSLE
Barbara had a piece of lace 18a cm long. She formed a triangle, with sides measuring a cm, 2a cm and 16 cm, with part of the wire.
  1. Express the length of the remaining lace in terms of a in the simplest form.
  2. Barbara used the remaining lace to form a rectangle of length 4a cm. If a = 4, what was the breadth of the rectangle?