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David has a hose that is 27 ft long. He wants to cut it into two peices so that the longer peice is 3 ft more than two times the length of the shorter piece

How long will each hose be

Shorter piece : __ft
Longer peice : __ft


Sagot :

[tex]x-shorter\ piece\\x+3-longer\ piece\\\\x+x+3=27\\2x=27-3\\2x=24\ \ \ \ \ \ |:2\\x=12\\\\12+3=15\\\\Shorter\ piece:12\\Longer\ piece:15[/tex]