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enyata [817]
4 years ago
7

a 20 ft piece of string is cut into two pieces so that the longer piece is 5 feet longer than twice the shorter piece. If the sh

orter piece is x feet long, find the lengths of both pieces
Mathematics
1 answer:
oee [108]4 years ago
5 0
Longer piece is 15 and shorter piece is 5
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