help!!! jim had 60 ft of string. he cut the string in 3 parts so that the first part was twice the lenght of the second and the second was half the length to the third. how long was each piece of string?

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anonymous · Answer

i dont understand  smart a,, help

anonymous · Answer

yes but im not good at it fo real

anonymous · Answer

tthat why am asking for help

anonymous · Answer

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nincompoop · Answer

I'll be back later tonight. I will help you if you don't have this figured out by then

anonymous · Answer

Just give the value of the middle part, which is the shortest, to a variable such as x.
so second part=x. first part=2x, third part=2x,
=> 2x+x+2x=60 => 5x=60. Simple math thereon.

anonymous · Answer

thank you very much :D