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roberta wants to cut a 24-foot wire into two pieces so that the longer piece is 3 times the length of the shorter piece. what is the length of each piece

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The lengths of these pieces are represented as follows:

shorter piece: s

longer piece: 3s

Then s + 3s = 24 ft, or 4s = 24 ft, or s = 6 ft.

One piece of wire is 6 ft long, and the other is 18 ft long.

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