SOLUTION: If a 22 inch rope is to be cut into two pieces so that one piece is 3 inches longer than twice the other, how long is each piece?
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Question 322265: If a 22 inch rope is to be cut into two pieces so that one piece is 3 inches longer than twice the other, how long is each piece?
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let one piece be x
the other will be 2x+3
Length of rope = 22 in
the sum of the pieces = 22
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x+2x+3=22
3x+3=22
3x=19
x=19/3
x=6.33 in one part
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the other will be 2x+3
=2*19/3 +3
=38/3 +3
=47/3 inches
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CHECK
47/3 + 19/3 = 66/3 =22 in
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