Question

a 25 foot wire is to be cut so that the longer piece is one foot longer than 5 times the shorter piece. Find the length of each piece

Answer 1

x= length of longer piece
y= length of shorter piece
x+y=25
x=5y+1 replace this equation in the first eq

5y+1+y=25
y=4
x=21

Answer 2

5x+1+x=25 where x is shorter lenght

Answer 3

x=4 therefore the longer length is 5x+1 which is 4*4+1=21