SOLUTION: A cast-iron rod is 30 metres long. It has to be cut in two pieces such that the one piece is 8 metres longer than the other. Suppose the longer piece is p metres. How long, in term
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Question 1108795: A cast-iron rod is 30 metres long. It has to be cut in two pieces such that the one piece is 8 metres longer than the other. Suppose the longer piece is p metres. How long, in terms of p, should the shorter piece be ?
[1] (8 − p) metres
[2] (8 + p) metres
[3] (p − 4) metres
[4] (p − 8) metres
Answer by ikleyn(52781) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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p-8 meters.
Option 4.
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