Question

A wire 27 cm long is cut into two pieces. The longer piece is 5cm longer than the shorter piece. Find the length of the shorter piece of wire.

Answer 1

Answer:

The length of the shorter piece of wire is 11 cm.

Step-by-step explanation:

It is given that a wire 27 cm long is cut into two pieces.

Let the length of shorter piece be x cm.

The longer piece is 5cm longer than the shorter piece. So,

The length of longer piece = x+5 cm

The sum of both pieces is equal to 27.

Shorter piece + Longer piece = 27

$x+(x+5)=27$

On combining like terms.

$(x+x)+5=27$

$2x+5=27$

Subtract 5 from both sides.

$2x=27-5$

$2x=22$

Divide both sides by 2.

$x=11$

Therefore, the length of the shorter piece of wire is 11 cm.

Answer 2

27- 5=22 we have  22cm. to work with 22 divided by 2= 11 plus 5= 16 lengths are 16 and 11