Question

i need help who is good at word problems

Answer 1

David has a hose that is 27 ft long. He wants to cut it into two pieces so that the longer piece is 3 ft more than 2 times the length of the shorter piece.

How long will each piece of hose be?


Shorter piece: ft
Longer piece: ft

Answer 2

plz help

Answer 3

long 30
short 13.5

Answer 4

can u help me

Answer 5

Short : 5.25
Long : 21.75
I think...

Answer 6

Because \[\frac{ 27 }{ 2 } = 13.5\]
13.5 - 3 = 10.5
divide 10.5 in half and you get 5.25
and that's the short one
Then the remaining 21.75 is the long one.....

Answer 7

have u done this before

Answer 8

Yeah. A little while ago.

Answer 9

wat did u get

Answer 10

Short : 5.25
Long: 21.75

Answer 11

it wont let me type the whole 5.25

Answer 12

then try 5 \[\frac{ 1 }{ 4 }\]

Answer 13

nope

Answer 14

will it let you use a decimal at all?

Answer 15

it will but does let me type the whole thing

Answer 16

Here is the answer
Short: 12
Long: 15

Answer 17

Because you take 27 and subtract 3 which equals 24
Then... Divide by 2 which gives you 12 (short)
Then take 27 and subtract 12 which gives you 15 (long)....

Answer 18

12 and 15 isn't correct. I have no idea how this is done, but I entered that as the answer and both were wrong :-(.

Answer 19

S + L = 27
L = 2S + 3

Substitute in and solve.