Q A piece of string 6 feet long is cut into three smaller pieces How long is the longer of

Ans : B (2) alone is sufficient
Explanation : When one piece is 3 Feet 2 inches, the other two will not be longer than this, as total is only 6 feet.
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3.2 feet as it is longer than half of the value so option B Sufficient to solve.
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Ans. longer piece will be 1 feet 9 inches longer than each of the smaller pieces of same length (1 feet 5 inches each) .

When the string is cut into three pieces. If one piece is 3 feet 2 inches long then the other two pieces of equal length will be 1 feet 5 inches each.
So longer of these pieces will be 1 feet 9 inches longer than each of the smaller pieces of same length.
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A(1)alone sufficient
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As we have to answer "HOW LONG IS THE LoNgEr OF THREE PIECES" rather than 'the longest among three' so i think option C make sense
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Q. A piece of string 6 feet long is cut into three smaller pieces. How long is the longer of three pieces?

Option
1) Two pieces are the same length.
2) One piece is 3 feet 2 inches lone