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A 21-foot bean is to be cut into three pieces so that the second and third piece are each 3 times the length of the first piece. If x represents the length of the first piece, find the length of each piece

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Answer: 3, 9, and 9

Explanation:

X+3x+3x=217x=21x=33, 9, 9=21

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