QUESTION 2 A board is 86 cm. in lenght and must be cut so that one piece is 20 cm. longer than the other piece
Find the lenght of each piece.

A26 cm and 60 cm
b. 33 cm and 53 cm
C 30 cm and 56 cm
d. 70 cm and 16 cm

One piece will be length x and the other piece will be 20 cm longer, so it will be x + 20 cm long.  

Added together the length of these two boards will equal 86 cm. So you can write an equation:  

x + (x + 20) = 86  

Remove the parentheses and add the two x's together to get:  

2x + 20 = 86

Subtract 20 from both sides:  

2x = 66  

Divide both sides by 2 and you have:  

x = 33  

The short piece is 33 cm and the other piece is 20 cm longer or 33 + 20 = 53 cm.