SOLUTION: divide a 5-inch line into two parts so that one part is (a) 2 1/4 inches shorter that the other; (b) 3 times the other.
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Question 1044790: divide a 5-inch line into two parts so that one part is (a) 2 1/4 inches shorter that the other; (b) 3 times the other.
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John
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