document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=301826>Question 301826</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Miguel needs to cut his 40 cm piece of yarn into three smaller pieces.  The longest piece is to be 3 times as long as the middle-sized piece, and the shortest is to be 5 cm shorter than the middle-sized piece.  What lengths should be cut? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let the midle-sized piece have length \"x\".<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Longest piece has length \"3x\".<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Shortes piece has length \"x-5\".<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + 3x + x-5 = 40<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x = 45<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 9 cm (middle) <BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x = 27 cm (largest)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x-5 = 4 cm (smallest)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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