How could you cut a 50-meter rope into three pieces to the same length and the third,8 meters longer than the other two?

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Sbarow · Answer 1 · 2018-11-25T14:56:34+0000

This situation can be written as 2x + (x+8)=50
3x+8=50
3x=42
x=14
To check, do 14 + 14 + (14+8)= 50, which is correct. The first two cuts are 14m and the third is 22m

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