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To Find: The required lengths of the pieces.
Answer to Problem 14P
The required lengths are 6cm, 8cm and 10cm.
Explanation of Solution
Given information: Given that the length of the stick is 24cm which is cut into three unequal pieces.
Calculation:
Let the length of the first piece is x and the length of second piece is y .
So, the length of third piece become
According to question, we have
Since all pieces are even integers, therefore,
Hence, the length of three pieces are 6cm, 8cm and 10cm.
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