Question

A 12-foot board is to be cut into 5 pieces. Four of the pieces will be the same length and one piece will be 2 feet longer than the other four.

Which equation could be used to solve for the lengths?

Answer 1

There are 5 pieces (x), one is said to be 2ft (x+2). longer than the others. This can be modeled by:

x+x+x+x+(x+2)=12

Answer 2

Thanks

Answer 3

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