Problema Solution
Use the five steps for problem solving to answer the following question. Please show all of your work.
A 40 foot beam is to be cut in two. If one portion is one third the length of the other portion, what are the two lengths of the portions?
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let one portion length is x
another portion=x/3
x+x/3=40
4x=120
x=10
hence portion are 10 and 30