Measurement problem

[Shoy00]

Julio needs to trace a straight line to 15cm in length. He does not have a ruler. He has some sheets of letter paper of 28cm by 21.5 cm. Describe how julio can use the paper to measure 15 cm.

[winsome]

For measuring 15cm Julio can go through following steps:

Step 1: Draw two lines of length 21.5cm one by one. So it is a line of length 21.5 + 21.5 = 43cm.

Step 2: Remove 28cm length line from end of first line. Thus it will give 43- 28 = 15cm line.

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