A carpenter saws a board that is 22 feet long into two pieces. One piece is to be 1 foot longer than twice the length of the shorter piece. Find the length.

Question

.Please find the length of both pieces

Answer 1

Let x = the shorter piece of board

Let 2x + 1 = the longer piece of board

2x + 1 + x = 22

3x = 21

x = 7 feet

2x + 1 = 2(7) + 1 = 14 + 1 = 15 feet