Question

For their homecoming​ parade, the students of​ U-Math have created a colorful​ banner, 41 meters in​ length, that is made of two pieces of parachute material. The short piece is 25 meters shorter than the long piece. Find the length of each piece.

Length of the long piece = ?m

Answer 1

33

Explanation:

let the shorter piece be x m

then the longer piece is 41-x

"The short piece is 25 meters shorter then the long piece"

or

the difference between the longer and the shorter is 19

--->

(41-x) - x = 25

41-x-x = 25

-2x = 25-41

-2x = -16

divide both sides by -2

x = 8

I defined x to be the short piece ---- 8

I defined 41-x to be the longer --- 41-8 = 33