SOLUTION: How do I transfer the words a board is 98 in long and I want to cut the board into two pieces so that one piece will be 10 in. longer than the other? I belive the length of one pi

Question 91710: How do I transfer the words a board is 98 in long and I want to cut the board into two pieces so that one piece will be 10 in. longer than the other? I belive the length of one piece will be 44 in. and the other 54 in. but I am not sure how to set the problem up.
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How do I transfer the words a board is 98 in long and I want to cut the board into two pieces so that one piece will be 10 in. longer than the other? I belive the length of one piece will be 44 in. and the other 54 in. but I am not sure how to set the problem up.
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Let one of the pieces be length = "x" inches
Then the 2nd piece is "x+10" inches long.
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EQUATION:
x + (x+10) = 98 inches
2x + 10 = 98
2x = 88
x = 44 inches (length of one of the pieces)
x+10 = 54 inches ( length of the 2nd piece)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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