SOLUTION: please help: Placing planks of equal length end to end, jules found that 3 planks were one foot short of the porch length, while 4 planks were two feet too long. How long was each

Question 113755This question is from textbook Algebra I
: please help: Placing planks of equal length end to end, jules found that 3 planks were one foot short of the porch length, while 4 planks were two feet too long. How long was each planks? This question is from textbook Algebra I

Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Call porch length
Call planck length

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