SOLUTION: A piece of wire 25ft long in cut into pieces of different lengths. All pieces are either 3, 4 or 5 ft long. If you cut 2 pieces of 5 ft, how many pieces of 3 and 4 ft can you get?.

SOLUTION: A piece of wire 25ft long in cut into pieces of different lengths. All pieces are either 3, 4 or 5 ft long. If you cut 2 pieces of 5 ft, how many pieces of 3 and 4 ft can you get?.

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Question 635235: A piece of wire 25ft long in cut into pieces of different lengths. All pieces are either 3, 4 or 5 ft long. If you cut 2 pieces of 5 ft, how many pieces of 3 and 4 ft can you get?..No left over after cutting
Answer by checkley79(3341) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
25-2*5=25-10=15 feet left.
3*4+1*3=15
Thus you can get 3 4 footpieces & 1 3 foot piece out of the remainder,
You can also get 3*5=15 feet.
Or 5 3 feet pieces.
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