document.write( "Question 514098: a 60 inch pipe is cut into two pieces. one piece is five times the length of the other. what are the lengths of the two pieces? \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #343288 by josmiceli(19441) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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You can say that one piece is 5 units long
\n" ); document.write( "and the other is 1 unit long
\n" ); document.write( "so the longer piece is $\"+5+%2F+%28+5%2B1%29+=+5%2F6+\"$ of the
\n" ); document.write( "total length
\n" ); document.write( "The shorter piece is $\"+1+%2F+%28+5+%2B+1%29+=+1%2F6+\"$ of the
\n" ); document.write( " total length
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\n" ); document.write( "Longer piece:
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+%285%2F6%29%2A60+=+50+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "Sorter piece:
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+%281%2F6%29%2A60+=+10+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "The lengths are 50 in and 10 in \n" ); document.write( "

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