document.write( "Question 179436: A plumber cuts a 75 inch pipe into 3 pieces. If the longest piece is three tims the smallest piece and the middle sized piece is two more than the smallest. what is the length of all three pieces? \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #134370 by jojo14344(1513) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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\n" ); document.write( "Let it known:
\n" ); document.write( " $\"x\"$ =smallest cut size
\n" ); document.write( " $\"3x\"$ =largest cut size
\n" ); document.write( " $\"x%2B2\"$ =middle cut size
\n" ); document.write( "Then,
\n" ); document.write( " $\"x%2B3x%2Bx%2B2=75in\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"5x=75-2=73\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"cross%285%29%2Fcross%285%29=cross%2873%2914.6%2Fcross%285%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"highlight%28x=14.6in%29\"$ , smallest cut
\n" ); document.write( " $\"3%2A14.6=highlight%2843.8in%29\"$ ,largest cut
\n" ); document.write( " $\"2%2B14.6=highlight%2816.6%29\"$ middle cut
\n" ); document.write( "Check,
\n" ); document.write( " $\"14.6%2B43.8%2B16.6=75\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"75in=75in\"$
\n" ); document.write( "Thank you,
\n" ); document.write( "Jojo \n" ); document.write( "

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