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# A long wooden stick of length 55 meters was cut into two pieces.

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13 Apr 2019, 08:45
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A long wooden stick of length 55 meters was cut into two pieces. The length of the longer piece is twice the square of the length of shorter piece. If the longer piece is further broken into two equal halves, what will be the value of each half?

A. 5
B. 15
C. 20
D. 25
E. 50
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13 Apr 2019, 10:24
$$L+S = 55$$

$$L = 2*S^2$$

$$2S^2+S-55 = 0$$
Solving gives, S = 5 or -11/2
S is positive integer. Hence S = 5
Then, L = 50.
L is divided into two equal half.
Length of each half = 25

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