SOLUTION: a 48 foot board is cut into three pieces. how long is each piece if the second piece is 3 times as long as the first and the third piece is 4 times as long as the first?

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Question 1156322: a 48 foot board is cut into three pieces. how long is each piece if the second piece is 3 times as long as the first and the third piece is 4 times as long as the first?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
first piece           p
second piece         3p
third piece          4p
total               48

p is 6.

Evaluate the others.
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