Problema Solution
A 24-inch piece of wire is cut into 2 pieces. One piece is 3 inches longer than twice the length of the other. How long are the pieces?
Answer provided by our tutors
let the two pieces are x and y
thus from question
x+y=24
and
x=2y+3
=> x-2y=3
solving above we found
x=17 in and y=7 in