Question

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A machine cuts a strip of carpet into two pieces. The length of the smaller piece is 5 meters greater than 1/4 the length of the larger piece. If the length of the smaller piece is 12 meters, the length of the bigger piece is _____________ meters
and the total length of the carpet is _____________ meters.

Answer 1

Answer:

longer = 28 meters

Total = 40 meters

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the smaller piece be s,

and the longer piece be b

s = ¼b + 5

s = 12

¼b + 5 = 12

¼b = 7

b = 28 m

Total length = 28+12 = 40 meters