A water pipe is cut into two pieces The longer piece is 70 of the length of the pipe By how muc...........

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A water pipe is cut into two pieces. The longer piece is 70% of the length of the pipe. By how much percentage is the longer piece longer than the shorter piece?

140 %

400/3 %

40 %

None of these

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Explanation:

Let's take a pipe length is 100 m. then,
Longer pipe will be 70 and shorter will be 30
Now, increase in % = 70 - 30 /30 x 100%
= 40 /30 x 100% = 400/3%