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?

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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(424) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You can set up an equality for this as follows:
2.4%2F6.8=x%2F17
Notice that this is smaller%2Flarger for each side the the equation.
Now you can simply solve for x, as this is the shorter piece:
x=%2817%2A2.4%29%2F6.8
I will let you work out the math from here.
Good Luck
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