Question

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

Answer 1

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

Answer 2

where did you get 4 tho?

Answer 3

oh wait i got it

Answer 4

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

Answer 5

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

Answer 6

108 inches

Answer 7

Yep