SOLUTION: A 24 foot long piece of pipe is cut into three pieces. The first piece is twice as long as the second piece, and the third piece is 6 feet longer than the second piece. Find the le

Question 30875: A 24 foot long piece of pipe is cut into three pieces. The first piece is twice as long as the second piece, and the third piece is 6 feet longer than the second piece. Find the length of each piece.
Answer by longjonsilver(2297) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let x=length of second piece.

So first piece is twice this length --> 2x
and third piece is 6 feet longer than second --> x+6

Together we have 2x + x + x+6 = 24
4x + 6 = 24
4x = 18
x = 18/4
x = 4.5 feet

So first pice = 9 feet
second piece = 4.5 feet
third pice = 10.5 feet

which add up to 24 feet.

jon.

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