SOLUTION: A 4-metre long pipe is cut into 2 pieces. One piece is five times the length of the other piece. Find the length of each piece, entering your answers in metres and rounding your an

Question 788801: A 4-metre long pipe is cut into 2 pieces. One piece is five times the length of the other piece. Find the length of each piece, entering your answers in metres and rounding your answers to two decimal places.
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A 4-metre long pipe is cut into 2 pieces. One piece is five times the length of the other piece. Find the length of each piece, entering your answers in metres and rounding your answers to two decimal places.
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smaller piece: x
larger piece: 5x
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x + 5x = 4 meters
6x = 4
x = 2/3 = 0.67 meters
5x = 10/3 = 3.33 meters
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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