SOLUTION: Sommoya has a piece of string 48cm long. She cut it into 3 pieces. One piece is 16cm long; (a) find the length of the first and second piece? (b) what is the length of the third

Question 1131541: Sommoya has a piece of string 48cm long. She cut it into 3 pieces. One piece is 16cm long;
(a) find the length of the first and second piece?
(b) what is the length of the third piece?
Answer by ikleyn(52781) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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When you re-posted it, I got its hidden meaning . . .

Third piece is 16 cm long.


The length of the first and the second piece is 48-16 = 32 cm.

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