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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.

btw you can't just divide it in half to get the answers i have tried that and it didn't work.

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Answer:

54 inches

Explanation:

x + 5x = 324

6x=324

324/6 = 54

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