Answer:
Short piece: 9 ft
Long piece: 41 ft
Step-by-step explanation:
The first step to solving this problem is to translate the given information into some equations. Since we know the total length of the rope is 50 feet, the solution when adding the equation for the short piece and the equation for the long piece must be 50. The information from the second sentence can be translated into a mathematical expression. The phrase "5 more than 4 times" has two key words. They are "times" and "more". "Times" implies multiplication while "more" implies addition. Therefore this sentence becomes the expressions 5+4x, where x is the length of the short piece.
The equations we have from the problem statement are:
L = 5+4x where L represents the length of the long piece and x represents the length of the short piece
x + L = 50
Substituting the equation for the long piece into the equation for total length:
x + (5+4x) = 50
5 + 5x = 50
5x = 45
x = 9 ft
Substituting x = 9 into the equation for the long piece:
L = 5 + 4(9)
L = 5 + 36
L = 41 ft
Checking the answers by substituting x = 9 and L = 41 into the equation for total length:
x + L = 50
9 + 41 = 50
50 = 50
Is there any choices if not it could be 1 - 2 or abouve the first nuber x has to be smaller and y has to be bigger
3x+5=2x-10
-2x -2x
X+5=-10
-5 -5
X=-15
3(-15)+y=5
-45+y=5
+45 +45
y=50
2(-15)-y=10
-30-y=10
+30 +30
-y=40
Divide by -1 on both sides
y=-40
40 cm.
let the length of the first part be 3x, second part be 4x, third part be 5x.
where x is a positive length in cm.
why 3x,4x and 5x ?
so that the ratio of lengths of the 3 parts be 3:4:5.
total length of the stick = 3x + 4x + 5x = 12x=96cm
so x=96/12 = 8cm
therefore the largest part of the stick (5x)= 5*8 =40cm
I missed the part where thats my problem
