SOLUTION: A 84 -inch is cut into two pieces. One piece is five times the length of the other. Find the length of the shorter piece.
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Question 1204954: A 84 -inch is cut into two pieces. One piece is five times the length of the other. Find the length of the shorter piece.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
An 84-inch LENGTH something is cut into two pieces...
Those two pieces are some x and 5x, so
The lengths of the two pieces are 14 and 70 inches each.
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