SOLUTION: Cut a 12-ft beam into two pieces so that one piece is 18 in. longer than the other. Find the length of each piece.
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Question 1042189: Cut a 12-ft beam into two pieces so that one piece is 18 in. longer than the other. Find the length of each piece.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Convert all dimensions to inches
[ ft ] x [ in/ft ] = [ in ]
in
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Let = the length in inches of the shorter piece
= the length of the longer piece in inches
and
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The pieces are 63 inches and 81 inches long
check:
OK
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