Ask a New Question

Question

A rope is 60 in. in length and must be cut into two pieces. If one piece must be five times as long as the other, find the length of each piece.

Is one part of the rope 5in?
10 years ago

Answers

Ms. Sue
How did you get 5 inches?

Let x = the shorter piece.

x + 5x = 60
6x = 60
x = 10

10 years ago

Related Questions

A rope of length L = 5.2 m with a total mass of m = 0.275 kg is tied to a hook rigidly mounted into... A length of rope is stretched between the top edge of a building and a stake in the ground. The head... A rope of length 9 3/4 is cut into 6 pieces of equal length. Find the length of each piece.... The length of rope P is three times the length of rope Q. After 10 cm of rope is cut from rope P and... A rope of length L = 0.60 m, and mass m = 160 g is under tension T = 200 N. Assume that both ends ar... A rope of mass M and length L is hanging between two endpoints, A(x_1, y_1) and B(x_2, y_2). The gra... A length of rope is 144cm. The scout leader cut the rope into 3 pieces. One piece is twice as long a... A rope of length (36x^6+96x^7-256x^8) meters were used to tie 4x^5 bags. What length of the rope was...
Ask a New Question
Archives Contact Us Privacy Policy Terms of Use