Question

A 25 inch piece of steel is cute into three pieces so that the second piece is twice as long as the first piece and the third piece is one inch more than five times the length of the first piece

Answer 1

This is the equation: ×+2x+5x+1=25 Combine
like terms to get:
8x+1=25 Now subtract 1 from both sides to
result in;
8x=24 Divide 8 into both sides to get:
×=3 inches for the first one.