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  • 09-09-2018
  • Mathematics
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An electrician cuts a 136 ft piece of cable. one piece is 16 ft less that 3 times the length of the other pieces. Find the length of each piece.

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hopedragongirl
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  • 09-09-2018

The lengths of the pieces are 37 ft and 98 ft.

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Steps I took:

I assumed that the 136 ft is cut into two pieces.

The two pieces would represent x & y, which would then be y = 3x - 16 and x + y = 136.

Then, x = 38 ft and y = 98 ft which would be your answer.

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