SOLUTION: Yuri has a board that is 98 inches long. He wishes to cut the board into two pieces so that one piece will be 10 inches longer than the other.
Equation Used:
Length of piec
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Question 99910: Yuri has a board that is 98 inches long. He wishes to cut the board into two pieces so that one piece will be 10 inches longer than the other.
Equation Used:
Length of piece 1:
Length of piece 2:
Answer by checkley71(8403) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
X+(X+10)=98
X+X=10=98
2X=98-10
2X=88
X=88/2
X=44 INCHES FOR THE SHORTER PIECE
98-44=54 FOR THE LONGER PIECE.
PROOF
44+54=98 AND
54=44+10
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