A 32 ft board is cut into three pieces at a sawmill. The second piece is 5 ft longer than the first and the third piece is 1 ft longer than the second. What are the lengths of the three pieces?

The first piece is 7 ft long, the second piece is 12 ft long, and the third piece is 13 ft long

Step-by-step explanation:

Let x represent the length of the first piece.

Since the second piece is 5 ft longer than the first, it can be represented by x + 5

Since the third piece is 1 ft longer than the second, it can be represented by x + 6

Create an equation that adds all of these terms up to 32, and solve for x

(x) + (x + 5) + (x + 6) = 32

3x + 11 = 32

3x = 21

x = 7

So, the first piece is 7 ft long.

Using the expressions we created, solve for the lengths of the second and third pieces.

x + 5

7 + 5 = 12

x + 6

7 + 6 = 13

The first piece is 7 ft long, the second piece is 12 ft long, and the third piece is 13 ft long

to find the total number of combinations, multiply the quantity of each item by each other:

2 pairs of shoes x 3 pairs of shorts = 6 different combinations.

step-by-step explanation:

this can be solved first with pythagorean theorem, which tells us to square both legs of the triangle and sum it. this will be equal to the square of the hypotenuse.

the hypotenuse is the side "opposite" the 90 degree angle, which is x.

so we can write using pythagorean theorem,

simplifying:

to further simplify this radical, we need to use the property  

thus