SOLUTION: Eight- foot long sub sandwich is cut into three pieces. two pieces are the same length and are shorter than the third. The short piece is 1/2 the length of the longer (3rd) piece.
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Question 799800: Eight- foot long sub sandwich is cut into three pieces. two pieces are the same length and are shorter than the third. The short piece is 1/2 the length of the longer (3rd) piece. Find the lengths of each piece.
Answer by rfer(16322) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
2*0.5x+x=8
2x=8
x=4
0.5x=2 smaller two
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