SOLUTION: A board 40 cm long is cut into two pieces. One piece is 4 cm longer than twice the length of the other piece. Find the length of each piece.

Question 439120: A board 40 cm long is cut into two pieces. One piece is 4 cm longer than twice the length of the other piece. Find the length of each piece.
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A board 40 cm long is cut into two pieces. One piece is 4 cm longer than twice the length of the other piece. Find the length of each piece.
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Let one of the pieces be "x".
Then other is "2x+4".
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Equation:
x + (2x+4) = 40 cm
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3x = 36
x = 12 cm (smaller piece)
2x+4 = 2*12+4 = 28 cm (longer piece)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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