document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=115185>Question 115185</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A telephone installer has 115 feet of wire which is to be cut into three pieces.  The second piece is 5 feet longer than the first piece, and the length of the third piece is three times the length of the second.  Find the length of each piece. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "\"The second piece is 5 feet longer than the first piece\" ___ x+5=second\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\"the length of the third piece is three times the length of the second\" ___ 3(x+5)=third\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x+x+5+3(x+5)=115 ___ x+x+5+3x+15=115 ___ 5x+20=115 </SPAN>\n" );
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