Question

A machine cuts a strip of carpet into two pieces. The length of the smaller piece is 5 meters greater than the length of the larger piece. If the length of the smaller piece is 12 meters, the length of the bigger piece is C meters and the total length of the carpet is B meters.

Answer 1

The length of the bigger piece is 28 meters, and

the total length of the carpet is 28+12 = 40 meters.

Answer 2

The length of the bigger piece(C) is 7 meters and the total length of the carpet(B) is 19 meters.

The number of pieces cut by the machine are 2:

• Smaller piece: 12 meters (its 5 meters greater than the length of the larger piece).

• Bigger piece: This is 5 meters less than the smaller piece.

Therefore = 12 - 5

                 = 7 meters.

Total length of the carpet = smaller piece + bigger piece

                                          = 12 + 7

                                          = 19 meters.

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