A 228​-inch board is cut into two pieces. One piece is three times the length of the other. Find the length of the shorter piece. The shorter piece is 35\ nothing inches long.

Answer 1

let's assign a value to the shorter piece. "X" is the length. The other piece is 3 times that, or 3x. Add them up and you get 4X. Take 228 and divide by 4 to get the length of the shorter board. This gives you the answer of 57.