A piece of rope 20 feet long is cut from a longer piece that is at least 32 feet long. The remainder is cut into four pieces of equal length. Describe the length of each of the four pieces

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Keith Gaines

3 December, 08:40

A piece of rope 20 feet long is cut from a longer piece that is at least 32 feet long. The remainder is cut into four pieces of equal length. Describe the length of each of the four pieces

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Cristofer Lee · Answer 1

each piece is four feet

Step-by-step explanation:

32-20=12

12/4=4

Catalina Pittman · Answer 2

smaller pieces must be larger than 3 feet

Step-by-step explanation:

x is the longer piece

x>32

x-20>12

12/4=3

smaller pieces resembled as y

y>3