SOLUTION: A wire 50 ft long was cut into two pieces of different lengths. Use one variable to express the lengths of the two pieces. Find the length of each piece.
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Question 349119: A wire 50 ft long was cut into two pieces of different lengths. Use one variable to express the lengths of the two pieces. Find the length of each piece.
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let the one cut length be x and the other cut length be y.
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One length:
Other length:
Without more information, you can't actually solve for the values.
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