A 156 inch pipe is cut into 2 pieces 1 piece is 2 times the length of the other what's the length of the 2 pieces

Question

I really dont know how to begin to solve this can you please break it down in stwps to how

Answer 1

Let x be one piece of pipe, 2x is second piece

x+2x = 156

3x=156

x=52 , second 104in