A 25 inch piece of Steel is cut into three pieces so that the second piece is twice as long as the first piece and a third piece is one inch more than five times the length of the first piece find the length of each pieces
This is the equation: x+2x+5x+1=25 Combine like terms to get: 8x+1=25 Now subtract 1 from both sides to result in: 8x=24 Divide 8 into both sides to get: x=3 inches for the first one.
