A machine cuts a strip of carpet into two pieces. The length of the smaller piece is 5 meters greater than 1/4 the length of the larger piece. If the length of the smaller piece is 12 meters, the length of the bigger piece is meters and the total length of the carpet is meters.

longer = 28 meters

Total = 40 meters

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the smaller piece be s,

and the longer piece be b

s = ¼b + 5

s = 12

¼b + 5 = 12

¼b = 7

b = 28 m

Total length = 28+12 = 40 meters

answer: first option i.e. 'a' is correct.

step-by-step explanation:

since we have given that

number of minutes to wrap a small gift box = 4 minutes

we need to find the number of gifts to be wrapped in 5 minutes

since there is a direct variation, as the number of minutes will increase with   number of gifts to be wrapped.

so, let the number of gifts to be wrapped in 5 minutes be x.

so, it becomes,

hence, first option 'a'   is correct.