A cake is cut into four pieces so that each piece is twice as many as the preceding piece. the entire cake weighs ten pounds. How much does each piece weigh?

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Lesly

10 July, 06:55

A cake is cut into four pieces so that each piece is twice as many as the preceding piece. the entire cake weighs ten pounds. How much does each piece weigh?

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Yael Freeman · Answer 1

Let smallest piece weigh x pounds then

x + 2x + 4x + 8x = 10

15x = 10

x = 2/3

so weights of the pieces in ascending order is 2/3, 4/3, 8/3 and 16/3 pounds

or as mixed numbers 2/3, 1 1/3, 2 2/3 and 5 1/3 pounds

Abdullah Butler · Answer 2

1.22222 round it by ten then it would be 1