A carpenter in Pune cuts a wooden beam into two parts. The original beam is 240 cm. One part is exactly half of the original. Using 'halves of the same thing are equal', if he makes two such cuts on two identical 240 cm beams, what is the length of each half-part?

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120. Half of 240 cm is 120 cm. Since both beams are equal (240 cm), their halves are equal, each 120 cm.

A carpenter in Pune cuts a wooden beam into two parts. The original beam is 240 cm. One part is exactly half of the original.
Using 'halves of the same thing are equal', if he makes two such cuts on two identical 240 cm beams, what is the length of each half-part?

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A carpenter in Pune cuts a wooden beam into two parts. The original beam is 240 cm. One part is exactly half of the original.Using 'halves of the same thing are equal', if he makes two such cuts on two identical 240 cm beams, what is the length of each half-part?

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More Class 9 Euclid's Axioms practice

A carpenter in Pune cuts a wooden beam into two parts. The original beam is 240 cm. One part is exactly half of the original.
Using 'halves of the same thing are equal', if he makes two such cuts on two identical 240 cm beams, what is the length of each half-part?