SOLUTION: A 48 foot long piece of cable wire is to be cut into three pieces so that the second piece is four times as long as the first piece in the third piece is 5 times as long as the fir

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Question 1050195: A 48 foot long piece of cable wire is to be cut into three pieces so that the second piece is four times as long as the first piece in the third piece is 5 times as long as the first piece if x represents the length of the first piece find the lengths of all three pieces
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48
x y z
y=4x
z=5x
x+4x+5x=48
10x=48
x=4.8
y=19.2
z=24