Avatar la the answer of a plumber has a very long piece of pipe that is used to run city water parallel to a major roadway.The pipe is cut into two two sections.One section of pipe is 12ft.shorter than the other.If 34 of the leght of they shorter pipe is 120ft,how long is the longer piece of the pipe?
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To find the length of the longer piece of the pipe, we first need to determine the length of the shorter piece of the pipe.
Let's denote the length of the shorter pipe as "x" feet.
According to the given information, 34% of the length of the shorter pipe is equal to 120 feet.
So we can set up the equation:
0.34x = 120
Now, let's solve for x:
0.34x = 120
Divide both sides of the equation by 0.34:
x = 120 / 0.34
x ≈ 352.94 feet
Therefore, the length of the shorter piece of the pipe is approximately 352.94 feet.
To find the length of the longer piece of the pipe, we know that it is 12 feet longer than the shorter piece.
Length of longer piece = Length of shorter piece + 12 feet
= 352.94 feet + 12 feet
≈ 364.94 feet
Therefore, the longer piece of the pipe is approximately 364.94 feet in length.