SOLUTION: Joseph has a piece of string 10 m long he cut it into two pieces one is 2 m longer than te other how long is the longer piece?
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Question 833936: Joseph has a piece of string 10 m long he cut it into two pieces one is 2 m longer than te other how long is the longer piece?
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
a piece of string long
cut it into two pieces, one meters and the other one } meters long
so,
if is longer than , we have
..........substitute in
...........solve for
then, the longer piece will be:
..........plug in
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