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OpenStudy (notamathgenius):

a 144-inch board is cut into 2 pieces. one piece is three times the length of the other. Find the lengths of the two pieces

OpenStudy (benji):

So one piece is length x, the other is 3x. So \[144=4x\] What is x?

OpenStudy (notamathgenius):

where did you get 4 tho?

OpenStudy (notamathgenius):

oh wait i got it

OpenStudy (notamathgenius):

ok so that is the short piece, its 36 inches, how long is the longest piece

OpenStudy (benji):

So the short piece is 36 inches, the other one was 3x remember? So what's 3(36)=?

OpenStudy (notamathgenius):

108 inches |dw:1474421739424:dw|

OpenStudy (benji):

Yep

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