The length of the shorter rope is 20 cm.
<h3>How to find the original length of the rope using ratio?</h3>
He cut a rope into two pieces with lengths having a ratio of 5 to 2.
The shorter piece is 70 cm long.
The length of the original rope can be calculated as follows:
The ratio of the length of the rope is as follows;
5 : 2
let
x = length of the original rope
Therefore,
length of shorter piece = 2 / 7 × 70
length of shorter piece = 2 / 7 × 70
length of shorter piece = 140 / 7
length of shorter piece = 20 cm
Therefore, the length of the shorter rope is 20 cm.
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Answer:
x=2y-8
We use the substitution of x in the second equation
2*(2y-8)+3y= -2
4y-16+3y=-2
7y-16= -2
7y= -2 +16
7y=14
y=14Ș7
y=2
so x= 2*2 -8
x=4-8
x=-4
the solution is (x,y)=(-4, 2)
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