SOLUTION: A 64 foot fiber optic cable is cut so that one piece is 9 times the length of the other. How long is each piece?
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Question 348786: A 64 foot fiber optic cable is cut so that one piece is 9 times the length of the other. How long is each piece?
Answer by checkley77(12844) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
X+9X=64
10X=64
X=64/10
X=6.4 FT. FOR THE SHORT PIECE.
64-6.4=57.6 FT. FOR THE LONGER LENGTH.
PROOF:
6.4+9*6.4=64
6.4+57.6=64
64=64
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