Homework Help: Math

Posted by Walter Williams on Monday, December 3, 2012 at 9:11pm.

A support beam 15 m long is cut into two piece, the lengths of which are in the ratio of 2 to 3. What is the length of each piece?

Math - Ms. Sue, Monday, December 3, 2012 at 9:13pm
Let x = the shorter piece.

2/5 = x/15

5x = 30

x = 6 m

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