SOLUTION: A piece of wire was cut into 2 pieces in the ratio 4:7. The longer piece was 42 cm . what's the length of the shorter piece?
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Question 1046912: A piece of wire was cut into 2 pieces in the ratio 4:7. The longer piece was 42 cm . what's the length of the shorter piece?
Answer by addingup(3677) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
(42*4)/7 = 24 is the shorter piece
Another way:
4/7 = 0.5714; 42*0.5714 = 24
Note that this last method tells you that the small piece equals 57.14% of the large piece
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