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27 January, 18:09

A 17 foot piece of string is cut into two pieces so that the longer piece is 2 feet longer than twice the length of the shorter piece. find the lengths of both pieces

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  1. 27 January, 18:54
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    The answer is 5. 17 = (2x+2) + x X is the length of the shorter piece and 2x+2 is two plus double the length of the shorter piece or X X=5
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