SOLUTION: A 10-foot-long board is cut into two pieces.The first piece is 2 feet longer than the second piece.Whay is the length of the longer piece?
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Question 731562: A 10-foot-long board is cut into two pieces.The first piece is 2 feet longer than the second piece.Whay is the length of the longer piece?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let the shorter piece = ft
The longer piece = ft
given:
The longer piece is 6 ft long
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