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Jack cut a piece of wood that was 8 feet long into two pieces one piece is three times as long as the other how long in the shorter piece of wood?
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Let x be the length measure of the shortest piece of wood, and 3x the length measure of the other piece of wood. So we have:
x + 3x = 8
4x = 8 divide by 4 to both sides;
x = 2
The length measure of the shortest piece of wood is 2.
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