Question

Mauro has 140 ft of rope. He will cut it into two pieces so that the length of the longer piece is 3 times the length of the shorter piece. What will the length of the longer piece be? Enter your answer in the box.

Answer 1

that would be 3/4 * 140  =  105 ft Answer

Answer 2

Length of the longer piece be 105 ft .

Explanation:

As given

Mauro has 140 ft of rope.

He will cut it into two pieces so that the length of the longer piece is 3 times the length of the shorter piece.

Let us assume that the length of the shorter piece be x.

Length of the Longer piece = 3x

Than the equation become

3x + x = 140

4x = 140

`x = (140)/(4)`

x = 35 ft

Length of the longer piece = 3 × 35

= 105 ft

Therefore the length of the longer piece be 105 ft .