FORUM DESCRIPTION electrician cuts a 136 ft long piece of cable. One piece is te

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FORUM DESCRIPTION electrician cuts a 136 ft long piece of cable. One piece is tep 1: Reread the problem tep 2: Assign your variables (Ex, let x represent-, ten-_ represents the length of the other piece) tep 3: Write an equation in words: (length tep 4: wite a mathematical equation by replacing your ex tep 5: Solve the equation showing all work using the equation editor. tep 6: Interpret your answer using a complete sentence 6 feet less than 3 times the length of the other piece. Find the length of each piece of one piece)+ (length of other piece)-(total length) pressions from step 2 into the equation I wrote for you in words

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step 2 : let x represents one piece , then 3x - 16 represents the length of other piece

step 3 : length of one piece + length of other piece = total length

step 4 :   x + 3x - 16 = 136

step 5 : 4x - 16 = 136

4x = 136 + 16

4x = 152

x = 38

step 6 : length of one piece = 38 feet

length of other piece is 3*38 - 16 = 98 feet

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