Question

A 27-inch board is to be cut into three pieces so that the second piece is 3 times as long as the first piece and the third piece is 5 times as long as the first piece.
If x represents the length of the first piece, find the lengths of all three pieces
What is the length of the first piece?

Answer 1

Im pretty sure the first piece is 9 and then 9 x 3 = 27 and then 9 x 5 is 45 so piece on is 9 piece 2 is 27 and piece 3 is 45 :)