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The long side of a box is 6 inches. That is 3 times the length of the short side. How long is the short side? PLEASE HELP NEED ASAP.....THANK YOU.

______inches.

User Ptpdlc
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Answer:

Short side is 2 inches

I hope that helps. :)

User Chris Martin
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Answer:

2 inches

Explanation:

If the long side is 6 inches and it's 3x the length of the short side, then you need to divide the long side into 3 parts because the short side is 1/3 the length of the long side. This means that the short side is 2 inches.

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