An electrician cuts a 30 ft piece of wire into 2 pieces. One piece is 2ft longer than the other. How long are the pieces?

  piece1:   14 feet

  piece2:  16 feet

Step-by-step explanation:

piece1:   x

piece2:  x + 2

x + x + 2 = 30

2x + 2 = 30

2x = 28

x = 14

piece1:   x = 14

piece2:  x + 2 = 14 + 2 = 16

for the friend request.

when a figure, such as triangle (xyz) is reflected over the line y = x to create x'y'z' the x-coordinates and y-coordinates of the original image (pre-image) will be reversed for the image. (e.g., (x, y) > (y, x)) this means that the pre-image position of the x- and y-coordinates switch places which in turn provides a mirror like image of the original xyz.  

i notice that when i draw a line segment from x to x', that the points are parallel from each other -- they are exactly across from each other and do not intersect with any other points.  

yes, think i would see the same characteristic if you drew the line segment connecting y with the reflecting line and then y' with the reflecting line because of the essence of reflections. because it is a mirror image, each point was effected the same way which leads me to conclude that they same would apply to y and y'.