Question

A lab technician cuts a 12 inch piece of tubing into two pieces in such a way that one piece is 2 times longer than the other. How long are the two pieces?

Answer 1

One is 8 inches and one is 4 inches

Explanation:

The uncut tube was 12 inch so I cut it 3 ways to get 4 then I figured it iut from there by adding 4+4 to get 8 and i still have 4 left 8 is 2 times the size as 4 and 4+8 = 12