Question

plz help me now plz: A cable 65 meters long is cut into two pieces so that one piece is 18 meters longer than the other. Find the length of each piece of cable

Answer 1

Answer:

One piece is 23.5

the other is 41.5

Step-by-step explanation:

first subtract 18 from 65 that will give you 47. Then 47÷2= 23.5. this is the length of the shorter piece. since one piece is 18 m longer then the other, add 18 to 23.5. that will give you the length of the longer piece. You can check your work by adding 23.5 and 41.5. They equal 65.