Question

A 73 meters long stick is cut into two pieces. The longer piece is 16 meters longer than twice the length of the shorter piece. How long is each piece?

Answer 1

The longer piece: 54m

The shorter piece: 19m

Explanation:

Make an equation from what is said.

One of the pieces is 'x'

The other piece is 2x+16

x + (2x + 16) = 73m

solve for x

x = 19

plug it in

2*19 + 16

you get 54

so 54 is the longer piece

and 19 is the shorter piece (x was the shorter piece)

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