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# While measuring the length of a wooden box, the reading at one end is 1.5 cm and the other end is 4.7 cm. What is the length of the wooden box?

3.2 cm

##### SOLUTION
The length of the wooden box = Difference between the reading at both the ends = 4.7 - 1.5 = 3.2 cm

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