A 42-inch board is to be cut into three pieces so that the second piece is twice as long as the first piece and the third piece is 3 times as long as the first piece. If x represents the length of the first piece, find the lengths of all three pieces.

The first piece has a length of 7 inches, the second has a length of 14 inches and the third has a length of 21 inches.

Step-by-step explanation:

x represents the length of the first piece.

Hence, the second piece has a length of 2x and the third piece has a length of 3x.

Hence, x + 2x + 3x = 42 inches.

x + 2x + 3x = 42 inches

6x = 42 inches

x = 7 inches

Hence, the first piece has a length of 7 inches, the second has a length of 14 inches and the third has a length of 21 inches.

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439400

step-by-step explanation:

130^2 = 16900

16900*26 = 439400

he used the algebra tiles correctly.

step-by-step explanation:

given : 3x(2x-1)

solution :

since he used algebra tiles .

armando's solution is the same in the solution shown in figure

as he distributed 2x into x and x and wrote them vertically

and also write   -1 vertically

and 3x into x and x and x and wrote it horizontally

performing the multiplication in the algebra tiles we get

and solving the given expression :

3x(2x-1)

since solving the expression using tiles   and solving the expression algebraically we get the same answer

thus   we can choose the first statement as the answer to this problem which is "he used the algebra tiles correctly".