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  1. Maths

    A drinking straw of length 21cm is cut into 3 pieces the length of the first piece is x cm the second piece is 3 cm shorter than the first piece the third is twice as long as the first piece state term of x to represent the sum of of the length {2} write

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    a drinking straw of length 21 cm is cut into 3 pieces. the first length is x cm. the second piece is 3 cm shorter than the first piece. the third piece is twice as long as the first piece. state in terms of x the length of each of the pieces.

  3. Mathematics

    A drinking straw of length 21 cm is cut into 3 pieces the length of the first piece is x cm the second piece is 3cm shorter than the 1st piece the third piece is twice as long as first piece (a) state in terms of x the length of the pieces (i think i

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    A long wire of some length is cut into small pieces of 216cm leave a small piece of length of 89 cm if this part were cut into equal pieces each of 18cm the length of the leftover wire would be

  8. math

    A long wire of some length is cut into small pieces of 216 cm, leaves a small piece of length of 89 cm. if this part were cut into equal pieces each of 18 cm, the length of the of the leftover wire would be:

  10. Maths

    A long wire of some length is cut into small pieces of 216 cm leave a small piece of length of 89 cm if this part were cut into equal pieces each of 18 cm the length of the leftover wire would be

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    Jung bought 15 years of clothes. he used 2 1/3 yards of cloth to make a jacket. He cut the remaining cloth into equal pieces.find the length of each of the remaining pieces? my answer : 15 used 2 1/3 cut 12 3/4 to 2 equal pieces length: 12 3/4 x 2 =24

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    A wire of length L is cut into two pieces of length X and Y respectively, with Y>X. These pieces are then used to form an upper case "L". If Y/X= (X+Y)/Y, determine the values of X and Y in terms of L.

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  27. Physics

    In the school cafeteria, a trouble-making child blows a 12.0 g spitball through a 25.0 cm straw. The force of her breath as a function of the distance along the length of the straw can be modeled as 10-50x^2-70x^3 where force is in newtons and x is in

  28. Calculus

    A wire 60 cm long is to be cut into two pieces. One of the pieces will be bent into the shape of a square and the other into the shape of an equilateral triangle, as shown in the diagram below: a diagram showing a 60 cm wire cut into two pieces of length x

  30. Meters

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  31. Math

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  32. math 5th

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    STRING LENGTHS: You have two pieces of string. One is 27 cm long. The other is 45 cm long. You want to cut each piece of string into smaller pieces of equal length. Each length is to be a whole number of centimeters. List all the possible lengths of the

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  38. geometry

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  41. algebra

    A ribbon measuring (v+4) feet in length was cut into 2 pieces in the ratio 3:7. What was the length of the longer piece?

  42. Álgebra

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  45. Math

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  46. Help math

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    What is the largest length of equal pieces that can be cut from two wires of length 21cm and 27cm respectively which method lcm or hcf

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    Yuri has a board that is 98 in. long. He wishes to cut the board into two pieces so that one piece will be 10 in. longer than the other. What should the length of each be Let the shorter board's length be x. The other will be x+10. x + x + 10 = 98 2x = 88

  50. Physics

    A Blowhard Tests of lung capacity show that adults are able to exhale 1.5 liters of air through their mouths in as little as 1.0 second. A. If a person blows air at this rate through a drinking straw with a diameter of 0.49cm , what is the speed of air in

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    Mrs lim had a ball of string of length 26 m. she cut 5 m of string to tie up some parcels. the remaining string was then cut into 4 equal pieces. what is the length of each piece of string?

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  53. Statistics

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  55. algebra

    a 25 inch piece of a steel rod is cut into 3 pieces so that the length of the second piece is twice the length of the first piece.The third piece is 1 inch longer than 5 times the length of the first piece.What are the lengths of the pieces

  56. math

    a wire 54cm long is cut into three pieces. the second piece is twice the length of the first, and the third piece is three times the length of the first. Find the length of each piece?

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    A cable 40 feet long is cut into three pieces so the length of the second piece is 4 times the length of the first piece, and the third piece is five more than twice as long as the first piece. Find the length of the pieces.

  58. probability

    A factory produces copper wires. A blue mark is placed on a very long length of copper. The wire is then cut into pieces. The lengths of different pieces are independent, and the length of each piece is distributed according to the same PDF fX(x). Let R be

  60. Probability

    A single dot is placed on a very long length of yarn at the textile mill. The yarn is then cut into pieces. The lengths of the different pieces are independent, and the length of each piece is distributed according to the same PDF fX(x). Let R be the

  61. MATH

    Debbie has two pieces of rope one 20ft.long the other 14ft. Long for a project,she needs to cut them up to produce many pieces of rope that are all of the same length with no rope left over.what is the greatest length in ft. That she can make?

  62. math

    a piece of ribbon is cut into two shorter pieces in the ratio 2.8 : 1.25 The difference in the length of the shorter pieces is 80.6 cm. What is the length of the original piece?

  63. math

    jill has 8 yards of cloth. she wants to cut it into pieces that are 1/4 yard long. How many pieces can she cut from the length of cloth

  65. math

    A 4-inch long ribbon is cut into pieces. If the length of each piece is 12of an inch, how many pieces are cut?

  66. mathematics

    A piece of string of length 5m long is cut into n pieces in such a way that the lengths of the pieces are an arithmetic sequence. If the lengths of the longest and the shortest pieces are 1m and 25cm respectively, calculate n.

  67. Algebra

    99 inch pipe is cut into two pieces. One is two times the length of the other. Find the lengths of the two pieces

  68. algebra

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  73. college pre calculus

    A kite frame is to be made from 6 pieces of wood. The four border pieces have been cut 5 and 12. The long center piece is 13. what should the length of the cross pieces be in order to maximize the area of the kite.

  75. math

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  76. math

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  77. Maths

    almudena has cut three quarters of a rope to 3 m in length and daniel has cut 3 / 5 of another of 4 m. ? which of the two pieces are longer

  78. College Algebra

    A 15 1/2 foot board is cut into pieces 3 1/4 long for a bookcase. What is the length of the piece remaining after as many shelves as possible have been cut?

  80. Algebra

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  81. math

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  82. math

    a rope is cut into two pieces. one has a length of 37 feet. if the other piece has a length of x what was the total lengh of rope in feet before it was cut?

  83. Algebra

    Kate cut a 100-foot rope into two pieces. One piece was 5 feet longer than 4 times the length of the other. Find the length of each piece.

  85. integrated math

    A 150 yard pipe is cut to provide drainage for two fiekds. If the length of one piece us 3 yards less than twice the length of the second piece, what are the lengths of the two pieces?

  86. Mathematics

    A 150 inch pipe is cut into 2 pieces one piece is two times the length of the other find the length of the shorter piece

  87. Math

    A piece of ribbon 25m long is cut into pieces of equal length.Is it possible to get a piece with irrational length?Explain.

  88. algebra

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  91. math

    A length of string that is 22 feet long is being cut into pieces that are 1/3 foot long. How many pieces will there be? 22x3=66 pieces

  92. math

    3 wires with lengths of 32 cm, 24 cm and 16 cm are to be cut into pieces with the same length (with no wire left over)What is the greatest possible length of each piece of wire?

  93. Math ho.

    A piece of ribbon 25 meters long is cut into pieces of equal length. It is possible to get a piece with irrational length?

  95. Algebra

    A board 5 feet long is cut into two pieces such that the length of one piece is two-thirds of the length of the other piece. Find the length of the shorter piece of board

  96. alegbra

    Mauro has 140 ft of rope. He will cut it into two pieces so that the length of the longer piece is 3 times the length of the shorter piece. What will the length of the longer piece be?

  97. mathematics

    a piece of ribbon, 25 m long, is cut into pieces of equal length . is it possible to get a piece with irrational length?

  98. maths literacy

    a carpenter has a length of timber 18,5 long.he wants to cut the timber onto 5 equal pieces.what will the length of each piece be in cm

  100. Math

    William cut a 90-inch wire into 3 pieces. The longest piece was three times as long as each of the other 2 pieces, which were the same length. What was the length of the longest piece of wire? THANK YOU!

  101. Math

    Jennifer cut a board (200 cm) long into two pieces. One piece is 24 cm shorter than the other. Define your variable. Write an equation for the situation, and determine the length of the two pieces.

  102. math

    A florist uses wire frames to support flower arrangements displayed at weddings. Each frame is constructed from a wire length 9ft long that is cut into six pieces. the vertical edges of the frame consist of four of the pieces of wire that are each 12

  103. Mathematics

    A stick is 203cm long. The stick is cut into n pieces, each the same length. What is the length of each piece?

  105. Algebra

    A 52 in. board is cut into two pieces. One piece is three times the length of the other. Find the length of the other piece.

  106. Math

    Jeremy has two pieces of wood: one is 90 inches and the other is 72 inches. He wants to cut both pieces of wood into smaller pieces so that all these pieces are the same length. If he wants the pieces to be as long as possible and doesn't want to have any

  107. algebra, math

    A piece of wood that is 9 feet long is cut in half legthwise. Each half is then cut legthwise into six congruent pieces. What is the length of each of the twelve small pieces of wood? Show your work.

  108. math

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  110. math

    A 28 ​-inch board is to be cut into three pieces so that the second piece is twice as long as the first piece and the third piece is four times as long as the first piece. If x represents the length of the first​ piece, find the lengths of all three

  111. Math

    Kiera has two pieces of rope, one 120 inches long and the other 64 inches long. For a project, she needs to cut them up to produce many pieces of rope that are all of the same length, with no rope left over. What is the greatest length, in inches, that she

  112. algebra

    A wire is 264 ft in length is to be cut into two pieces, one to form a rectangle whose length is four less than twice the width, and the other to form a square whose side is equal to the sum of the width and the length of the rectangle. how long is the

  113. pre calculus

    A piece of wire 20 ft long is cut into two pieces so that sum of the squares of the length of each piece is 202 Sq ft. Find the length of each piece

  115. math 050

    a piece of wire to 2/7 m long to be cut into 6 pieces of the same length what is the length of each piece

  116. math,word problem(algebra)

    The length of a piece of cloth is 8y m.Mr Lim cut 7 m from it to sew some cushion covers.Then,he cut 3y m to sew a curtain.The remaining material was cut into 4 equal pieces.How long was each piece in terms of y? please help me to complete this&thanks for

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  118. math

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  120. Math

    The lengths of three wires were 30m, 36 m and 84m. Pieces of wire of equal length were cut from the three wires. Calculate the least number of pieces obtained.

  121. Math

    The lengths of three wires were 30m, 36 m and 84m. Pieces of wire of equal length were cut from the three wires. Calculate the least number of pieces obtained.

  122. math

    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.

  123. math

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  125. Calculus

    A piece of wire x cm long is to be cut into two pieces, each to bent to be a square. the length of a side of one square is to be 9 times the length of a side of the other . Express the sum of the areas of two squares in term of x .

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