Question

A carpenter had two pieces of lumber that totaled 55 feet in length. The shorter piece was 12 feet

Answer 1

The equation to find the length of the longer piece is

x- 12 = 55

Step-by-step explanation:

• A carpenter had two pieces of lumber that totaled in length = 55 feet
• The shorter piece than the longer piece has length of which is = 12 feet
• The longer piece is denoted as= x
• Find x = ?
• The equation can be formed to find the value of x as,
• Longer piece (x) ₋ shorter piece (12) = total length (55)
• Therefore, x ₋ 12 = 55
• the above equation states that
• if you subtract the shorter piece from the total length of the you will get the length of the longer piece.
• therefore,
• if you shift the value of shorter length on the right hand side, you can find the value of x
• so, x= 55 ₋ 12
• value of x = 43
• therefore, the length of the longer piece is 43 feet long.