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  • Jun 15, 2014, 07:31 PM
    asaylor
    Math
    100 acres of land was purchases to be split into 3 parcels. One parcel of land will be 3 times as large as the other two parcels. How many acres of land will each parcel contain? And how would this be put into an equation?
  • Jun 15, 2014, 08:25 PM
    joypulv
    There is only one unknown, X, because all 3 parcels compare to each other, right?
    2 are alike.
    The third is 3 times each of the other 2.
    100 is what all 3 add up to.
    So how would you write this?
    If X is a small parcel, and the second one is the same, X, then what is the third parcel?
    How do you show all 3 totaling 100?
  • Jun 15, 2014, 11:34 PM
    Precious7
    one parcel of land60, and other two is 20, 20

    One parcel of land is 3 times as larger then other two so:- 20 multiplied by 3=60
    60+20+20=100

    you put it in a proper equation!
  • Jul 14, 2014, 02:12 AM
    burgess87
    Lets consider 3 parcels as X,Y,Z
    As said in the question Y=Z
    X=3Y=3Z
    X+Y+Z=100
    3Y+Y+Y=100
    5Y=100 => Y=20 then Z=20
    and X=3Y=60

    So the 3 parts are 60,20,20

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