A farmer cuts a 300 feet fence into two pieces of different sizes. The longer piece is four times as long as the shorter piece. How long are the two pieces?
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A farmer cuts a 300 feet fence into two pieces of different sizes. The longer piece is four times as long as the shorter piece. How long are the two pieces?

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Let the length of the shorter piece be x feet. Then, the length of the longer piece = 4x feet. Total length of the fence = 300 feet. So, x + 4x = 300 ⇒ 5x = 300 ⇒ x = ⇒ x = 60 So, Length of the shorter piece = 60 feet Length of the longer piece = 4 × 60 = 240 feet Hence, the two pieces are 60 feet and 240 feet long.

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A farmer cuts a 300 feet fence into two pieces of different sizes. The longer piece is four times as long as the shorter piece. How long are the two pieces?

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