Homework Help: math

Posted by sarah on Thursday, September 23, 2010 at 1:03pm.

a 32in board is to be cut into 3 peices so that the second board is twice as long as the first piece and the third is to be 5 times longer than the first piece. if x represents the length of the first peice, find the length of all three pieces.

math - Ms. Sue, Thursday, September 23, 2010 at 1:06pm
x + 2x + 5x = 32

x = ?

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