Jake cut a 40 inch board into two pieces and painted one purple and the other orange. The purple board is 4 inches longer than the orange board. How long is each board?

Question

40 inch board split into 2 pieces

Answer 1

Let the length of the orange board  be x inches.

Then the length of the purple board will be x+4 inches.

x+x+4=40

2x+4=40

2x=40-4

2x=36

x=36/2

x=18

Orange board length is18 inches and purple board length is 22 inches .