Question

A 145​-inch board is cut into two pieces. One piece is four times the length of the other. Find the length of the shorter piece.

i need to figure this out in the next 20 mins cause i have to turn this in to get a good grade please...

Answer 1

4x + x = 145, x=29 (shorter piece)

5x=145

x=145/5 = 29

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