If a rope 36 feet long is cut into two pieces in such a way that one piece is twice as long as the other piece, how long must th

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Pepsi [2]

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If a rope 36 feet long is cut into two pieces in such a way that one piece is twice as long as the other piece, how long must th

e long piece be?

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SVEN [57.7K] · Answer 1 · 2022-05-02T11:04:36+03:00

SVEN [57.7K]3 years ago

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24 feet long :)
All I did was I divided the 36 into 3 equal parts of 12, then doubled the 12 to make that longer piece 24 feet. This 24 foot piece would be twice as long as the other leftover 12 foot piece since 12x2=24