SOLUTION: Please help with the homework 1. A piece of pipe 12m long is cut into two pieces:one piece is 4m long and the other piece 8m long. What is the ratio of the longer piece to the sho

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Question 1192659: Please help with the homework
1. A piece of pipe 12m long is cut into two pieces:one piece is 4m long and the other piece 8m long. What is the ratio of the longer piece to the shorter one?

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1. A piece of pipe 12m long is cut into two pieces:one piece is 4m long and the other piece 8m long. What is the ratio of the longer piece to the shorter one?
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One piece is 8m, the other is 4m.
Is it not obvious?