SOLUTION: One board is 1/3 the length of another. Six times the sum of the length of the short board and -10 is equal to the length of the longer board decreased by 11 inches. Find the len
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Question 349915: One board is 1/3 the length of another. Six times the sum of the length of the short board and -10 is equal to the length of the longer board decreased by 11 inches. Find the length of the longer board.
I keep getting a negative and length cannot be negative! Please help
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let 
be the measure of the longer board. Then the shorter board is 
. 6 times the sum of the short board and -10 is then: \ =\ 2x\ -\ 60)
. The long board minus 11 is 
Solve for .
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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