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I have a kit for constructing a chicken coop. The kit comes with 10-foot long beams. The instructions say to cut each beam into two pieces such that one piece is 3 times the len…

I have a kit for constructing a chicken coop. The kit comes with 10-foot long beams. The instructions say to cut each beam into two pieces such that one piece is 3 times the len…
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I have a kit for constructing a chicken coop. The kit comes with 10-foot long beams. The instructions say to cut each beam into two pieces such that one piece is 3 times the length of the other. How many feet long should the long piece be?

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the pieces are 2.5 and 7.5 the 7.5 is the piece that is 3 times the length of the first one

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