A wire 23 cm long is cut into two pieces. The longer piece is 7 cm longer than the shorter piece. Find the length of the shorter piece of wire

Length of a wire = 23 cm

Given that :

▪︎The wire was cut into two pieces.

▪︎The longer piece of wire is 7 cm longer than the shorter piece of wire.

Let the shorter piece of wire be x.

Then, the longer piece of wire = x+7

An equation that can be derived from these statements :

▪︎x + x + 7 = 23

Let us solve this equation :

Thus, the value of x = 8.

Which means :

Length of the shorter piece of wire = 8 cm

Length of the longer piece of wire = 8 + 7 = 15 cm

Since the length of the two wires add up to form 23 cm(8+15=23), we can conclude that we have found out the correct measures of each wire.

Therefore, the length of the shorter piece of wire = 8 cm

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c. y = 1/4 x + 5

step-by-step explanation:

first, put the equation of the line on the graph into slope-intercept form

(y = mx + b):   y = -4x + 8

second, a perpendicular line has to have "an opposite/reciprocal slope" to the original slope. so, find the "m" value in your original equation (it's -4, right? )

original slope: m = -4   perpendicular slope: change the sign to its opposite and find the reciprocal ("flip" the number)

new slope is now positive (b/c the original slope was negative 4), and it's 1/4 (not the original slope of 4 or 4/1)