36 inch board is to be cut into three pieces so that the second piece is three times as long as the first piece and the third piece is five times as long as the first piece if X represents the length of the first piece find the length of all three pieces
Answer: the first one would be four then that times 3 would be 12 which is 2 and then 4 times 5 is 20 which would be the third then you could add to check and you would get 36
