I can’t see the “students work”. But the answer would be 250 words in 5 minutes.
Here’s how you would set up the equation:
25x(5*2)=
So your first step would be to multiply 5 and two because they’re in parenthesis, which would be 10.
So now you have:
25x10
25 times 10 is 250.
Hope that makes sense and helps! :)
X = shorter piece
y = longer piece = 5x
shorter piece + longer piece = 60
x + 5x = 60
6x = 60
x = 60/6
x = 10 in. <== shorter piece
y = 5x
y = 5(10)
y = 50 in. <== longer piece
Hello!
First, let's write the problem.

Apply the distributive property on the left side of the equation.

Add like terms.

Let's plug that in into the original equation.

Add 4 to both sides.


Divide both sides by 5.

Our final answer would be,

You can feel free to let me know if you have any questions regarding this!
Thanks!
- TetraFish