Question 131417
Congratulations! You have correctly identified the length of one piece.Please note however that your first equation should have been:
x+4x = 120
5x = 120
x = 24
Now to find the other length, you can either subtract the 24 from the original length of 120 to get 120-24 = 96 or, since you know that one piece is x and the other piece is 4x and x = 24, then 4x = 4(24) = 96.