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a 38 inch piece of steels 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. find the lengths of pieces.
9 years ago

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Answered by Reiny
first piece --- x
second piece --- 2x
third piece --- 4x+3

solve x + 2x + 4x+3 = 38

it is easy.
9 years ago
Answered by cynthia
please show how you got 38 for the answer
6 years ago

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