Question

Greg has a piece of rope that is 18 ft long. He wants to cut it into two pieces so that the longer piece is 2 ft less than 3 times the length of the shorter piece.



How long will each piece of rope be?

Answer 1

Longer piece = 3(Shorter piece) - 2

Answer 2

total = shorter + longer

Answer 3

2 equations and 2 unknowns

Answer 4

thxs a lot Danjs

Answer 5

18 = L + S
and
L = 3*S - 2

Answer 6

can you do that from there?

Answer 7

18 = 3*s -2 + S

18 + 2 = 4*s

20/4 = S

Answer 8

Let the shortest part is \(x\). Then \(x+(3x-2)=18\)

Answer 9

shorter is 5 ft long

Answer 10

Longer is 3(shorter) - 2
L = 3(5) - 2 = 15 - 2 = 13 ft

Longer is 13 ft

Answer 11

you good on that?

Answer 12

yes thx

Answer 13

no prob... yw