Question

David has a hose that is 27 ft long. He wants to cut it into two pieces so that the longer piece is 3 ft more than 2 times the length of the shorter piece.
How long will each piece of hose be?
Shorter piece:
ft
Longer piece:
ft

Answer 1

The short piece will be 8 ft and the long one will be 19 ft

Answer 2

Answer:

David has a hose that is 27 ft long. He wants to cut it into two pieces so that the longer piece is 3 ft more than 2 times the length of the shorter piece.

How long will each piece of hose be?

Enter your answers in the boxes.

Shorter piece:  

ft

Longer piece:  

ft

Explanation:

short piece is 8 no homo the long one is 19