A carpenter must cut a 10 foot board into two pieces to build a brace for a picnic table. If one piece is to be four times as long as the other piece how long should each piece be

Mathematics · College · Tue Nov 03 2020

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Given: 4x = 10,

Since 1 piece must be 4 times the length of the other pieces we multiply 4x by 2

8x = 10

x= 10/8 or 5/4

x= 1.25 feet

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