SOLUTION: a cast iron rod is 30 metres long.it has to be cut in two pieces such that the one piece is 8 meters longer than the other.suppose the longer piece is p meters.how long in terms of

Question 1112503: a cast iron rod is 30 metres long.it has to be cut in two pieces such that the one piece is 8 meters longer than the other.suppose the longer piece is p meters.how long in terms of p should the shprter piece be?

Found 2 solutions by josmiceli, Alan3354:
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The shorter piece is m shorter than
the longer piece
m = the length of the longer piece
= the length of the shorter piece
( I'm not sure if this is what they want )
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and

The lengths are 11 and 19

Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
one piece is 8 meters longer than the other.suppose the longer piece is p meters.how long in terms of p should the shprter piece be?
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p-8
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I had to work hard on that one.
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