Homework Help: MATH

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, April 24, 2010 at 2:03pm.

The 120-foot rope is cut into 3 pieces.The first of rope is twice as long as the second piece of rope.The third piece of rope is three times as long as the second piece of rope.What is length of the longest piece of rope.

MATH - Reiny, Saturday, April 24, 2010 at 2:42pm
second piece - x ft
first piece - 2x feet
third piece - 3x

solve x + 2x + 3x = 12

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