Question 883928
A wire is 200 inches long is cut into three pieces, two of equal length, each twice as long as the third. How long is the third piece?
 please explain in steps , I don't understand..
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Let the length of the 3rd piece be "x"
Then each of the other two pieces is "2x"
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Equation:
x + 2x + 2x = 200 inches
5x = 200 inches
x = 40 inches (shortest piece)
2x = 80 inches (each of the equal pieces)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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