Question

Jared has a wooden board that is 11 ft long. He wants it cut into 2 pieces so that the longer piece is 4 ft less than 4 times the length of the shorter piece. How long will each piece of board be

Answer 1

well let the shorter piece be x

the other piece is 4x - 4

and together its 11 ft

so

x + 4x - 4 = 11

or

5x - 4 = 11

now solve for x, which is the shorter piece

hope it helps