document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=131417>Question 131417</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A board measuring 120 inches long needs to be cut into two pieces so that one piece will be four times longer than the other. Find the lengths of the two pieces.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This is what I done so far I found the length of one piece.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+4=120<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x=120<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=24<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now I just need to find out how to solve for the other length </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #95921 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Earlsdon><B>Earlsdon(6294)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Earlsdon><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=95921\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Congratulations! You have correctly identified the length of one piece.Please note however that your first equation should have been:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+4x = 120<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x = 120<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 24<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now to find the other length, you can either subtract the 24 from the original length of 120 to get 120-24 = 96 or, since you know that one piece is x and the other piece is 4x and x = 24, then 4x = 4(24) = 96. </SPAN>\n" );
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