SOLUTION: A pipe is 27 feet long. If you cut it into two pieces ,one piece 5 feet longer than the other , how long will the shorter piece be?

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Question 1027103: A pipe is 27 feet long. If you cut it into two pieces ,one piece 5 feet longer than the other , how long will the shorter piece be?
Answer by fractalier(6550) About Me  (Show Source):
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Call the length of the shorter piece, x. Then the longer one is x+5. Their sum must be 27 feet...so we write
x + x+5 = 27
2x + 5 = 27
2x = 22
x = 11 feet (the longer one is 16 feet)