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document.write( "Stephan cuts a 20-yard ribbon. One piece is 3-yards longer than the other. What is the length of each rope? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Stephan cuts a 20-yard ribbon. One piece is 3-yards longer than the other. What is the length of each rope?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "One length is s yards, the other is s+3 yards.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "s + (s+3) = 20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2s+3 = 20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2s = 17<BR>\n" );
document.write( "s = 8.5 yards<BR>\n" );
document.write( "s+3 = 11.5 yards </SPAN>\n" );
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