SOLUTION: If a 32 ft rope is cut into two sections with one section 7 times as long as the other section, how long is the shorter piece?
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Question 689390: If a 32 ft rope is cut into two sections with one section 7 times as long as the other section, how long is the shorter piece?
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
One piece measures 
and the other piece measures 
, so
Solve for
John
Egw to Beta kai to Sigma
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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