A 240-in. pipe is cut into two pieces. One piece is three times the length of the other. What are the lengths of the pieces?
1 Answer
Mar 28, 2018
The lengths are
Explanation:
Let's represent the longer piece of pipe with the variable
Since the pipe is going to be the length of
We also know that the longer piece is three times the shorter piece or:
Substitute the second equation into the first equation:
The shorter piece is
Now substitute the find the length of the longer piece:
The longer piece is