Problema Solution
6 meter long pipe cut into 2 pieces. One pieces is 4 times the lenght of the other piece.Find the length of each piece.
Answer provided by our tutors
let 'x' represent the shorter length, then '4x' represents the longer length
6 = x + 4x
x = 6/5 = 1.2
6/5 * 4 = 24/5 = 4.8
the shorter piece is 1.2m, the longer piece is 4.8m