Given:
A wire 45 meters long is cut into two pieces
One piece is 5 meters longer than the other.
To find:
The length of the two pieces.
Solution:
Let length of one piece be x.
One piece is 5 meters longer than the other. So,
Length of another piece = x+5
Total length of wire is 45. So,
[tex]x+(x+5)=45[/tex]
[tex]2x+5=45[/tex]
Subtract 5 from both sides.
[tex]2x=45-5[/tex]
[tex]2x=40[/tex]
Divide both sides by 2.
[tex]x=\dfrac{40}{2}[/tex]
[tex]x=20[/tex]
Now,
Length of one piece = 20 meters
Length of another piece = 20 + 5
= 25 meters
Therefore, the length of two pieces are 20 and 25 meters.
