The length of the shorter piece which was cut from 125 inch long board is 25 inch.
Let the shorter piece be x inches long and the longer pieces be 4x inches long.
The total length of the of the board = 125inch
According to the statement above the general expression will be ,
x + 4x = 125
Solving the general expression for x we get,
5x = 125
x = 125/5
x = 25
Thus, the length of the shorter piece will be = x inch = 25 inch
The length of the longer piece will be = 4x inch = 4*25 = 100 inch
Hence the length of the shorter piece will be 25 inch.
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