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OpenStudy (anonymous):

A carpenter wanted to cut a 6-foot board into three pieces so that each piece is 6-inches longer than the proceeding one. find the length of each piece.

OpenStudy (cwrw238):

x + x + 0.5 + x + 1 = 6 solve for x

OpenStudy (cwrw238):

length of each piece is x. x+.5 and x+1 ft

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i got x=1.5

OpenStudy (cwrw238):

3x + 1.5 = 6 3x = 4.5 x = 1.5 yes

OpenStudy (cwrw238):

so 3 llengths are 1.5, 2 and ?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

1.5

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ty

OpenStudy (cwrw238):

no last piece = 2.5 yw

OpenStudy (anonymous):

how did you find 2.5 and 2 for each piece?

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