Question

A 60board is to be cut into three pieces that the second piece is 4 times as long as the first place and the third piece 5 times as long as the first place represents the length of the first pleco, find the lengths all three pieces What is the length of the first piece?

Answer 1

Answer: the length of the first piece is 6 , the second is 24 and the third is 30 units

Explanation:

let the first piece be x then the second would be 4x and third 5x

x+4x+5x=60

10x=60

x=60/10=6

4x= 6*4=24

5x=6*5=30