SOLUTION: A plumber cuts a 75 inch pipe into 3 pieces. If the longest piece is three tims the smallest piece and the middle sized piece is two more than the smallest. what is the length of a

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Question 179436: A plumber cuts a 75 inch pipe into 3 pieces. If the longest piece is three tims the smallest piece and the middle sized piece is two more than the smallest. what is the length of all three pieces?
Answer by jojo14344(1513) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Let it known:
x=smallest cut size
3x=largest cut size
x%2B2=middle cut size
Then,
x%2B3x%2Bx%2B2=75in
5x=75-2=73
cross%285%29%2Fcross%285%29=cross%2873%2914.6%2Fcross%285%29
highlight%28x=14.6in%29, smallest cut
3%2A14.6=highlight%2843.8in%29,largest cut
2%2B14.6=highlight%2816.6%29 middle cut
Check,
14.6%2B43.8%2B16.6=75
75in=75in
Thank you,
Jojo