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A rope is broken up into 3 pieces. The first piece is three times bigger than the second piece and the third piece is eight feet more than the first piece. How big is each piece if the sun of all pieces
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A rope is broken up into 3 pieces. The first piece is three times bigger than the second piece and the third piece is eight feet more than the first piece. How big is each piece if the sun of all pieces is 64 feet ?

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The first piece is 24 feet, the second piece is 8 feet, and the third piece is 32 feet
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