A 236 inch board is cut into two pieces. one piece is three times the length of the other. find the length of the two pieces

Question

asked Oct 25, 2019 221k views

1 Answer

EEP · Answer 1 · 2019-10-31T05:02:42+0000

let length of one piece = x

length of other piece = 236-x

one piece is three times the length of the other

x=3(236-x)

x=708-3x

4x=708

x=177

so first piece is 177 inches long and second piece is (236-177)= 59 inches long