document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=176406>Question 176406</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A piece of fishing line is 100 m long and was cut into 2 pieces so that the longest piece was 40 times the length of the shorter piece. How long are the two pieces? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let the shorter piece be of length \"x\" meters.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The longer piece is 40x meters.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + 40x = 100<BR>\n" );
document.write( "41x = 100<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 100/41 = 2.439 meters (shorter piece)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "40x = 97.561 (longer piece)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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