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document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Placing planks at equel length end to end, jewels found that three planks where one foot short of the portch length, while four planks were two feet to long. How long was each plank? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "porch length = porch length<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3p+1 = 4p-2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "p = 3 ft.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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