A 270 in pipe is cut into twp pieces. One piece is twice eight time the length of the other. Find the lengths of the pieces.
I don't understand
"twice eight time the length of the other"
you mean 16 times ?
this all the info that was given.
I am talking about the phrasing.
Surely that is not the way it was worded in your text.
yes that's the way it wes worded
OK, then
what does
"One piece is twice eight time the length of the other" mean to you." ?
im not sure at this point
To solve this problem, we can represent the length of one piece as 'x', and the length of other piece as '2x'.
According to the given information, the sum of the two pieces' lengths is equal to the original length of the pipe, which is 270.
So, we can set up the equation: x + 2x = 270.
Combining like terms, we have: 3x = 270.
Next, we need to isolate 'x' by dividing both sides of the equation by 3: (3x) / 3 = 270 / 3.
This simplifies to: x = 90.
Now that we have the value of 'x', we can find the length of the other piece by multiplying it by 2: 2x = 2 * 90 = 180.
Therefore, the lengths of the two pieces are 90 and 180, respectively.