A carpenter had two pieces of lumber that totaled 55 feet in length. The shorter piece was 12 feet
shorter than the longer piece. Which equation can be used to find the length of the longer piece, x?*
X +12 +x = 55

x- 12 = 55
X - 12 + x = 55
X - 12 - x = 55

A carpenter had two pieces of lumber that totaled in length = 55 feet
The shorter piece than the longer piece has length of which is = 12 feet
The longer piece is denoted as= x
Find x = ?
The equation can be formed to find the value of x as,
Longer piece (x) ₋ shorter piece (12) = total length (55)
Therefore, x ₋ 12 = 55
the above equation states that
if you subtract the shorter piece from the total length of the you will get the length of the longer piece.
therefore,
if you shift the value of shorter length on the right hand side, you can find the value of x
so, x= 55 ₋ 12
value of x = 43
therefore, the length of the longer piece is 43 feet long.

A carpenter had two pieces of lumber that totaled 55 feet in length. The shorter piece was 12 feetshorter than the longer piece. Which equation can be used to find the length of the longer piece, x?*X +12 +x = 55x- 12 = 55X - 12 + x = 55X - 12 - x = 55​