a 450 meter wire is cut into there pieces. The second piece is 11 times as long as the first. The third piece is 3 times as long as the second. How long is each piece?

Jace wrote a sentence as an equation. 56 is 14 more than a number. 14+ = 56 which statement best describes jace's work? jace is not correct. the phrase more than suggests using the symbol > and jace did not use that symbol. jace is not correct. he was correct to use addition, but the equation should be 56+ p = 14 jace is not correct. the first number in the sentence is 56, so the equation should start with 56. jace is correct. the phrase more than suggests addition, so jace showed that 14 plus a variable equals 56. o

1.)solve for z. -52=-4z 2.)solve for p 9/2.3=9.2 3.)solve for y. -1.17y=5.85 4.)solve for x. 3x/8=6

While on a train trip, marsha noticed that there were 35 people in her train car. after the next stop, there were only 21 people in her car. if p represents the percent decrease in the number of people in marsha's train car, what is p?