Asked by shellby

Mauro has 140 ft of rope. He will cut it into two pieces so that the length of the longer piece is 3 times the length of the shorter piece.

What will the length of the longer piece be?

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Let the shorter piece be x ft. Then the longer piece is 3x and x + 3x = 140, so 4x = 140 → x = 35. The longer piece is 3x = 105 ft.