SOLUTION: a carpenter has a wooden dowel that is 72 cm long. she wants to cut it into two pieces so that one piece is 5 times as long as the other. what are the lengths of the two pieces?

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Question 775229: a carpenter has a wooden dowel that is 72 cm long. she wants to cut it into two pieces so that one piece is 5 times as long as the other. what are the lengths of the two pieces?
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a carpenter has a wooden dowel that is 72 cm long. she wants to cut it into two pieces so that one piece is 5 times as long as the other. what are the lengths of the two pieces?
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