SOLUTION: A piece of pipe is cut into two parts with a ratio of 2.4 : 6.8. The longer piece measures 17 feet. What is the length of the shorter piece?

Question 78876: A piece of pipe is cut into two parts with a ratio of 2.4 : 6.8. The longer piece measures 17 feet.
What is the length of the shorter piece?
Answer by tutor_paul(519) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You can set up an equality for this as follows:

Notice that this is for each side the the equation.
Now you can simply solve for x, as this is the shorter piece:

I will let you work out the math from here.
Good Luck
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