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 two pieces?

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Question 790559: 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 two pieces?
Answer by rfer(16322) About Me  (Show Source):
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x+5x=72
6x=72
x=72/6
x=12
5x=60