A piece of wire 34 cm long is cut into two parts. One part is to twice as long as other. how long is each part?
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Well, let's tackle this puzzle with some pizzazz! If we have a wire that is 34 cm long and we're cutting it into two parts, let's call one part "x" cm and the other part "2x" cm.
Since one part is twice as long as the other, we can set up the equation: x + 2x = 34 cm.
Combining like terms, we have 3x = 34.
Now, to solve for x, we divide both sides by 3: x = 34/3.
But wait, we can't have a wire that is 11 and 1/3 cm long! So let's do a little clown magic and round it up to the nearest whole number: x ≈ 11.33 cm.
Now, since one part is twice as long, the other part (2x) will be twice that: 2(11.33) cm, which is approximately 22.66 cm.
So, to wrap it up, one part will be around 11.33 cm long and the other part will be about 22.66 cm long. Ta-da!
To solve this problem, let's assume that the length of the shorter part of the wire is 'x' cm.
According to the problem, the other part is twice as long as the shorter part. So, the length of the longer part is 2x cm.
Now, we know that the total length of the wire is 34 cm. So we can write the equation:
x + 2x = 34
Combining like terms, we get:
3x = 34
To isolate 'x', we divide both sides of the equation by 3:
x = 34/3
Calculating, we find that x is approximately equal to 11.33 cm.
So, the shorter part of the wire is approximately 11.33 cm, and the longer part is twice as long, which is approximately 22.67 cm.
A wire 35 cm long is cut into two pieces. The longer piece is 5 cm longer than the shorter piece.
Find the length of the shorter piece of wire
short piece ---- x
longer piece ---- 2x
x + 2x = 34
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