SOLUTION: a carpenter used 48 ft of molding in three pieces to trim a garage door. if the longer piece was 3 ft longer than three times the length of the shorter piece, then how long was eac

Question 975927: a carpenter used 48 ft of molding in three pieces to trim a garage door. if the longer piece was 3 ft longer than three times the length of the shorter piece, then how long was each piece?
long piece?
each shorter piece?
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
short piece=x
long piece is 3x+3, three more than three times.
sum is 48 feet
3x+3+x=48. Collect terms and subtract 3 from both sides.
4x=45
x=11.25 feet
3x=33.75; 3x+3=36.75
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