SOLUTION: If a 5-cm piece of wire is cut into two parts so that one part is four times as long as the other, what is the length of the longer part?

SOLUTION: If a 5-cm piece of wire is cut into two parts so that one part is four times as long as the other, what is the length of the longer part?

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Question 338510: If a 5-cm piece of wire is cut into two parts so that one part is four times as long as the other, what is the length of the longer part?
Answer by unlockmath(1688) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hello,
Let's have x represent the shorter part. So now we can set up an equation as:
x+4x=5
Combine terms and divide by 5 to get:
x=1
There we go. The shorter is 1 cm and the other is 4 cm
Make sense?
RJ
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