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You have a wooden board that is 72 inches long. You need to cut the rod so that one piece is 6 inches longer than the other piece. How long should each piece be?
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Let the shorter piece be "x".
Then the longer piece is "x+6".
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Equation:
x + (x+6) = 72
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2x = 66
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x = 33 inches (shorter piece)
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x+6 = 39 inches (longer piece)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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