David has a hose that is 27 ft long. He wants to cut it into two pieces so that the longer piece is 3 ft more than 2 times the length of the shorter piece.

Answer 1

x + 2x + 3 = 27

3x = 24

x = 8

Answer 2

David has a hose that is 27 ft long. He wants to cut it into two pieces so that the longer piece is 3 ft more than 2 times the length of the shorter piece.

How long will each piece of hose be?

Answer 3

What does x represent the smaller or bigger piece?

Answer 4

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