Which equation will solve the following word problem?

Question

Jose has a board that is 44 inches long. He wishes to cut it into two pieces so that one piece will be 6 inches longer than the other. How long should the shorter piece be?

Answer 1

Suppose the length of the smaller piece is x inches

Then the larger piece must be x + 6 inches

Since total length is 44 inches, the expression will be x + (x + 6) = 44

after simplifying, you should get x = 19 inches

To verify your answer

Shorter piece is 19 inches so larger piece is 19+6 = 25 inches

adding the two pieces together 19 + 25 = 44 inches

Hope this helps