Mauro has 140ft of rope. He will cut it into two pieces so that the length of the longer piece is 3 times the length of the shorter piece. What will the length of the longer piece be ?

Asoftball team played ten games, scoring 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 runs. they lost by one run in exactly five games. in each of their other games, they scored twice as many runs as their opponent. how many total runs did their opponents score?