A20 ft piece of string is cut into two pieces so that the longer piece is 5 feet longer than twice the shorter piece. if the shorter piece is x feet long, find the lengths of both pieces

The shorter piece is 5 ft long.

The longer piece is 15 ft long.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let's write this into an equation:

(5+2x)+x=20

5+3x=20

Subtract 5 from both sides

3x=15

x=5

The shorter piece is 5 ft long.

The longer piece is 5 feet longer than 2 times 5 ft (the shorter piece).

5+2*5

5+10

15

The longer piece is 15 feet long.

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step-by-step explanation:   we are given to write a proper fraction where the whole is divided into an even number of equal parts less than ten, and an odd number of those parts exist.

an even number less than 10 may be one of 2, 4, 6 or 8. so, the whole may be one of these four evens.

now, an odd number of these parts must exist, so the numerator must be an odd number, one of 1, 3, 5 or 7. it cannot be 9 because then the fraction will become improper.

thus, our fraction may be one of the following

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