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A carpenter has a wooden dowel that is 72 centimeters long. She wants to cut it into two pieces so that one piece is 5 times as long as the other. What are the lengths of the two pieces
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A carpenter has a wooden dowel that is 72 centimeters long. She wants to cut it into two pieces so that one piece is 5 times as long as the other. What are the lengths of the two pieces

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12cm and 60cm is the answer
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