Question

A 99 ft length of wire is to be cut into 2 pieces, so that the longer piece is eight feet longer than six times the shorter piece. Fond the length of each piece.
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Answer 1

here's the solution,

let the length of shorter peice = x

then the lenght of longer peice = 6x + 8

now, we know that the sum of length of peices measures 99 feet,

So,

=》x + 6x + 8 = 99

=》7x = 91

=》x = 13

shorter piece length = 13 feet

longer peice length = 13 × 6 + 8 = 78 + 8 = 86 feet