A18 inch string is cut into two where the second piece is 3 inches longer than twice the first.

It is given in the question that,

A 18 inch string is cut into two where the second piece is 3 inches longer than twice the first.

Let the length of the first piece be x inch.

So length of second piece is

And total length is 18 inch. That is

So the length of the first piece is 5 inch and the length of second piece is

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