SOLUTION: A cloth cut into three pieces such that the first piece is twice as long as the second , and the second piece is 5 times as long as the third . the second piece is what fraction of
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Question 1096232: A cloth cut into three pieces such that the first piece is twice as long as the second , and the second piece is 5 times as long as the third . the second piece is what fraction of the length of the entire cloth ?
Answer by addingup(3677) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
third piece: x
second: 5x
first: 2(5x) = 10x
Total . . 16x
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Total 16x
second 5x
second is 5/16 of total
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