Question 176406
A piece of fishing line is 100 m long and was cut into 2 pieces so that the longest piece was 40 times the length of the shorter piece. How long are the two pieces?
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Let the shorter piece be of length "x" meters.
The longer piece is 40x meters.
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Equation:
x + 40x = 100
41x = 100
x = 100/41 = 2.439 meters (shorter piece)
40x = 97.561 (longer piece)
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Cheers,
Stan H.