10+5x=50
subtract ten from both sides
5x=40
divide five from both sides
x=8
samuel will need to paint 8 additional rooms
6 minivans are needed to take (i think I'm real bad at math)
Answer:
One piece is
inches and another piece is
inches
Step-by-step explanation:
Let smaller piece length be 
Let larger piece length be 
Since total of two pieces is 43, we can write:

Also, one piece is twice as long as the other (so longer piece is definitely twice as the short piece), we can write:

<em>Substituting equation 2 into equation one, we can solve for s:</em>

<em>Thus longer piece is:</em>

34 is your answer hope it helps