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A 324 ​-inch pipe is cut into two pieces. One piece is five times the length of the other. Find the length of the shorter piece.

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Answer:

64.8 in

Explanation:

The pipe is 324 in and you cut in in two. Since we know that one piece is five times the length of the other, we can make the equation 324=5x. Divide both sides by five gets us 64.8 = x.

To check our work, let's multiply 64.8 by 5. It does equal 324 so we are correct.

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