Question

A carpenter has a piece of wood that is 78 inches long. He wants to cut it so that one piece is five times as long as the other

piece. What are the lengths of the two pieces?

Answer 1

Answer:one piece is 13,the other piece is 65!

Explanation:

Answer 2

one piece is 13, the bigger piece is 65!

we know this because if one piece is 13, the piece 5 times bigger is (65), and 65+ 13 is 78.