Question 176406
so we have two lengths lets call x the short piece and y the long piece
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x+y=100.....eq 1
y=40x.......eq 2
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take y's value from eq 2 and plug it into eq 1
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x+40x=100
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41x=100
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{{{highlight(x=100/41)}}}m short piece
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{{{highlight(y=40x=40(100/41)=4000/41)}}}m long piece