SOLUTION: A wire 60 inches long is cut into two pieces whose lengths have a ratio of 3 to 1. To find the length of each piece, let x be the length of the shorter piece. Since the wire is 60

Question 347665: A wire 60 inches long is cut into two pieces whose lengths have a ratio of 3 to 1. To find the length of each piece, let x be the length of the shorter piece. Since the wire is 60 inches long, and since the shorter piece is x inches long, what is the length of the longer piece?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If the ratio of the lengths is 3 to 1, the ratios of
the lengths to the total length is
3 to 4 and 1 to 4
given:
total length = in
shorter piece = in
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multiply both sides by

Since the total length is , the longer
piece is in
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