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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