Joseph has two pieces of rope. the longer piece is one foot less than four times the length of the smaller piece. together the two pieces measure 14 feet. how long is each piece of rope?
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Which problem would you use the following proportion to solve for? 24/x=40/100 a. what is 40% of 24? b. what percent is 24 of 40? c. twenty-four is 40% of what number? d. forty percent of 24 is what number?