Vincent has cut three pieces of rope to complete a science project. two pieces are of equal length. the third piece is one-quart

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Vincent has cut three pieces of rope to complete a science project. two pieces are of equal length. the third piece is one-quart

er the length of each of the others. he cut the three pieces from a rope 54 meters long without any rope left over. find the number of meters in each piece.

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maks197457 [2] · Answer 1 · 2022-02-13T16:24:29+03:00

maks197457 [2]4 years ago

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Let the length of the 2 equal pieces be x m. Then the length of the third piece = 0.25x m.
So we have the equation:-

2x + 0.25x = 54

x = 54 / 2.25 = 24

So the length of the 3 pieces are 24,24 and 6 meters.