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A 12 foot rope is cut into two pieces so that one piece is 3 feet less than twice the length of the other piece how long is each piece?
A 17 inch piece of steel is cut into three pieces so that the second piece is twice as long as the first piece and the third piece is three inches more than four times the length of the first piece
5 and 7 ft
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If a rope 36 feet long is cut into two pieces in such a way that one piece is twice as long as the other piece how long must the piece be?
36 = 3 X 12. Therefore, one piece must be 12 feet and the other 24 feet.
Saima cut a sheet into 10 piecesThen she took one of the pieces and cut it into 10 pieces alsoShe repeated this twice moreHow many pieces of paper did she have in the end?
37, by my reckoning.10, then one piece is taken out from that (left with 9), repeat again, and again, and for the last one there are 10 pieces left because the las piece isn't 'chopped up' again.?
A 15 ft piece of string is cut into 2 pieces so that the longer piece is 3 ft longer than twice the shorter piece if the shorter piece is x feet long find the lenght of both pieces?
11 feet! y=2x+3 x+y=15 2x+3+x=15 3x=12 x=4 15-4=11 the two pieces are 4 feet and 11 feet
What is the perimeter in feet of a rectangle whose length is twice its width and whose width is 9 feet?
If the width is 9' and the length is twice that, the length is 18'; the perimeter is twice the length plus twice the width, which is 36' + 18' = 54 feet.
How do you determine length and width of a circle?
there is no length or width of a circle. There is radius and circumference and the line that goes all the way through the center to the other side of the circle, which is twice the radius. But there is no length or width of a circle.
If a rod is cm long is cut into two pieces one piece is twice of other what is length of two parts of rod?
1/3 cm and 2/3 cm.
If a rope 36 feet long is cut into two pieces in such a way that one piece is twice as long as the other piece how long must the long piece be?
24
A 28 inch board cut into 3 pieces second piece is twice as long as first piece and the third piece is 4 times as long as first piece what is the length of all 3 pieces?
28=A+B+c b=2A c=4A subst. a=4 b=8 c=16
What is length of thread?
How long is a piece of string? - twice as long as half its length.
How long is a piece of twine?
The length of a piece of rope is twice the distance from the middle to one end.
If a rope 36 feet long is cut into two pieces in such a way that one piece is twice as long as the other piece how long must the piece be?
36 = 3 X 12. Therefore, one piece must be 12 feet and the other 24 feet.
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A 16-foot piece of string is cut into two pieces so that the longer piece is 1 foot longer than twice the shorter piece. Find the lengths of both pieces?
Total length = 16ft Let the longer piece = x ft Let the other piece = (16-x)ft equation, x - 2(16-x) = 1 x - 32 + 2x = 1 3x = 33 x = 11ft 16-x = 5ft Longer piece = 11ft shorter piece = 5ft
What is the best estimate for the length of the string?
how long is a piece of string? What instrument?
How long is a long piece of string?
the length of a long piece of strong can be as long as you want it to be
A carpenter used 26 ft of molding in three pieces to trim a garage door If the long piece was 5 ft longer than twice the length of each shorter piece what is the length of the longest piece?
Assuming the two shorter pieces are of the same length, the problem could be set up as 2x + (x + 5) = 26: (2 short pcs + (1 short PC + 5 ft) and solve: 2x + (x + 5) = 26 3x + 5 = 26 3x = 21 x = 7 x + 5 = 12 Each short piece is 7 ft and the long piece is 12 ft.
If You are asked to cut a 12 foot board into three pieces two pieces are to have the same length and the third is to be twice as long as the other how are the pieces?
12 foot in 3 peicies in which two are of same lenght say as x and x and the third one is twice of other i.e. 2x thenx+x+2x = 124x=12x=3so two are of 3 foot each and one is of 6 feet long3,3,6
