SOLUTION: A board 45 feet long is cut into two pieces such that the length of one piece is two-thirds of the length of the other piece. Find the length of the shorter piece of board.

Question 500176: A board 45 feet long is cut into two pieces such that the length of one piece is two-thirds of the length of the other piece. Find the length of the shorter piece of board.
Answer by Flannery(124) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Two thirds of 45 means 2/5 times 45.
2/5 times 45/1 is 90/5
90 divided by 5 is 18
Is 18 2/5 of 45?
How is 45 divided into fifths?
Forty-five divided by five equals nine.
Two nines are eighteen.
So 2/5 of 45 is 18.
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