SOLUTION: A Carpernter used 26ft. of molding in three pieces to trim a garage door. If the long piece was 5 ft. longer than twice the length of each shorter piece, what is the length of the

Question 65878: A Carpernter used 26ft. of molding in three pieces to trim a garage door. If the long piece was 5 ft. longer than twice the length of each shorter piece, what is the length of the longest piece?
Answer by ptaylor(2198) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let x=length of two shorter pieces
Then 2x+5=length of the long piece

Now we know that the length of all three pieces equals 26 ft so our equation to solve is:
x+x+(2x+5)=26
4x=21
x=5.25ft
2x+5=2(5.25)+5=10.50+5 =15.50ft for longest piece
Hope this helps----ptaylor
ck
15.50+10.50=26 ft
2x+5=2(5.25)+5=15.50ft
Hope this helps---ptaylor

RELATED QUESTIONS
A carpenter used 26 ft of molding in three pieces to trim a garage door. If the long... (answered by sdmmadam@yahoo.com)

A carpenter used 44 ft of molding in three pieces to trim a garage door. if the long... (answered by macston,TimothyLamb)

a carpenter used 30 feet of molding in three pieces to trim a garage door. If the long... (answered by scott8148)

A carpenter used 54ft of molding in three pieces to trim a garage door. If the long piece (answered by ikleyn)

A carpenter used 30 ft of molding in three pieces to trip a garage door. If the long... (answered by checkley75)

a carpenter used 48 ft of molding in three pieces to trim a garage door. if the longer... (answered by Boreal)

A contractor wants to use 34 feet of molding, cut into three pieces, to trim the sides... (answered by rfer)

Ok so I've been very frustrated trying to solve this problem, Please help. Test is... (answered by scott8148)

a room contain 143 sq ft is 2 ft longer than it is wide. how long is a piece of molding... (answered by Alan3354)