Asked by Eniola

A piece of timber 273cm long is cut into three piece in the ratio of 3to7to11.Determine the length of the three pieces.
Answered by mathhelper
Ignoring loss due to the width of the sawblade, let the pieces be
3x, 7x, and 11x

3x + 7x + 11x = 273
solve for x, then evaluate each of the parts
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