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A fishing line 3 ft. long is cut into two pieces, one shorter than the other. Express the length of the shorter piece in terms of the length of the longe
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: Application Problems:
A fishing line 3 ft. long is cut into two pieces, one shorter than the other. Express the length of the shorter piece in terms of the length of the longer piece.
my guess is: L - 3
This question is from textbook Intermediate Algebra
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A fishing line 3 ft. long is cut into two pieces, one shorter than the other. Express the length of the shorter piece in terms of the length of the longer piece.
my guess is: L - 3
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Let the longer be x ;
then shorter is 3 -x
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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