SOLUTION: A 93 foot rope is to be cut into two pieces. One piece must be half as long as the other. How long should the shorter piece be?

SOLUTION: A 93 foot rope is to be cut into two pieces. One piece must be half as long as the other. How long should the shorter piece be?

Algebra.Com

Question 316754: A 93 foot rope is to be cut into two pieces. One piece must be half as long as the other. How long should the shorter piece be?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hint: Let x = shorter piece and y = longer piece. Since "One piece must be half as long as the other", this means that and you multiply both sides by 2 you get (swap both sides). Also, because the rope is 93 feet, this means that . So you have 2 equations with 2 unknowns.
RELATED QUESTIONS
A 17 foot rope is to be cut into two pieces with the result that the longer piece is 1... (answered by ankor@dixie-net.com)

A piece of rope 36 feet long is to be cut into two piecies so that one piece is 1/3 as... (answered by mananth,MathTherapy)

a 48 cm wire is to be cut into two pieces. One piece must be 10 cm longer than the... (answered by cheesey)

A 48cm wire is to be cut into two pieces. One piece must be 10cm longer than the shorter... (answered by Alan3354)

A 45 foot rope is to be cut into 3 pieces. The second piece must be twice as long as the... (answered by nerdybill,rapaljer)

A piece of wire is 90 cm long. It has to be cut into two piece such that one piece is 2/3 (answered by josgarithmetic)

Use two equations in two variables to solve the application. See Example 2. (Objective 1) (answered by josgarithmetic)

Please help put into an equation and solve. A rope is 54 inches long and must be cut... (answered by Alan3354)

A 25 foot rope is cut into two pieces. One is 5 1/4 longer than the other one. How Long (answered by stanbon)