A piece of elastic was stretched by 24% to a length of 31 cm. find the unstretched original length ? Share with your friends Share 0 Varun.Rawat answered this Let the unstreched original length of the elastic = x cmNow, Increased length = x + 24% of x = x + 24x100 = 124x100Now, according to question,124x100 = 31⇒x = 100×31124 = 25So, original unstretched length of the elastic = 25 cm 4 View Full Answer Haaris answered this let the original price be x 24% of x = 31 24/100 × x =31 24x = 31×100 x = 3100 ÷ 24 x = 129.66(approximately) -1
