Given:
A wire 45 meters long is cut into two pieces
One piece is 5 meters longer than the other.
To find:
The length of the two pieces.
Solution:
Let length of one piece be x.
One piece is 5 meters longer than the other. So,
Length of another piece = x+5
Total length of wire is 45. So,
Subtract 5 from both sides.
Divide both sides by 2.
Now,
Length of one piece = 20 meters
Length of another piece = 20 + 5
= 25 meters
Therefore, the length of two pieces are 20 and 25 meters.
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