Question

A pole x meters long is broken into two parts.One part is 5 meters long.
i) What is the length of the other part
ii) if the other part is 6 meters long,write an equation and use it to find the value of x

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

given,

• a pole is x metres
• broken in to two parts
• one part is 5 metres long

(i)the length of the other part is x-5.

• the other part is given as 6 metres.

(ii) x-5=6

x=6+5=11 metres

therefore,the value of x is 11 metres