SOLUTION: A rope 63 meters long is cut into three pieces so that the longest piece is three times the length of the shortest piece. How long is each of the three pieces? Let x=the shortes

Question 327327: A rope 63 meters long is cut into three pieces so that the longest piece is three times the length of the shortest piece. How long is each of the three pieces?
Let x=the shortest piece
Let y=the middle piece
Let z=the longest piece
z=x(3)
I have the answers it is the process I don't totally understand.
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Unfortunately you have two unknowns but only one equation so you can't solve.
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