A student took the measurements of his classroom and gave the width as 7m and the length as 9m. If there is an error of 2%...

A student took the measurements of his classroom and gave the width as 7m and the length as 9m.
If there is an error of 2% in each measurement, determine the greatest value of x+ y/x
if x and y are the width and length of the classroom respectively.
Give your answer to 4 decimal places.

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Kavungya answered the question on June 20, 2019 at 08:23

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