Question
PSLE
Shannon had a piece of ribbon 18z cm long. She formed a triangle, with sides measuring z cm, 4z cm and 17 cm, with part of the wire.
  1. Express the length of the remaining ribbon in terms of z in the simplest form.
  2. Shannon used the remaining ribbon to form a rectangle of length 2z cm. If z = 5, what was the breadth of the rectangle?
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PSLE
Shannon had a piece of ribbon 18z cm long. She formed a triangle, with sides measuring z cm, 4z cm and 17 cm, with part of the wire.
  1. Express the length of the remaining ribbon in terms of z in the simplest form.
  2. Shannon used the remaining ribbon to form a rectangle of length 2z cm. If z = 5, what was the breadth of the rectangle?