Shorter <span>piece = x
longer </span><span>piece = 4x
x + 4x = 48.5
5x = 48.5
x = 48.5/5
x = 9.7 cm </span>← shorter piece
longer piece = 4x = 4 * 9.7 = 38.8 cm
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Answer:
12
Step-by-step explanation:
Since the entire line is 60 and MN is five times as long. Then I would say that you could just divide 60 by 1/5 or 0.2
The answer would have to be 3+2x