SOLUTION: three sticks have a total length of 120 meters. One stick is twice the length of the shortest stick, and the other stick is three times the length of the shortest stick. What is th

Question 329186: three sticks have a total length of 120 meters. One stick is twice the length of the shortest stick, and the other stick is three times the length of the shortest stick. What is the length of the longest stick?
Answer by checkley77(12844) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
X, 2X, 3X ARE THE THREE STICKS.
X+2X=3X=120
6X=120
X=120/6
X=20 METERS FOR THE SHORTEST STICK.
3*20=60 METERS IS THE LENGTH OF THE LONGEST STICK.
PROOF:
20+2*20=60=120
20+40+60=120
120=120
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