SOLUTION: A utility company is laying a new cable over a strech of 7.5 kilometers. Two-fifths of the total length of the cable is fiber optic, and the rest of the cable is coaxial. What is t

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Question 323217: A utility company is laying a new cable over a strech of 7.5 kilometers. Two-fifths of the total length of the cable is fiber optic, and the rest of the cable is coaxial. What is the length in meters of the coaxial portion of the cable?
Answer by rfer(16322) About Me  (Show Source):
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7.5*.6=4000 meters