document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=216875>Question 216875</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A wooden board 41 feet long is a cut into three pieces. The 3rd piece is 8ft longer than the 1st piece and the 2nd piece is 5 less than the longer piece. Find the length of the three pieces. so that the length of each piece add up to 4  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The 3rd piece is 8ft longer than the 1st piece and the 2nd piece is 5 less than the longer piece.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let length of the 1st piece be \"x\".<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then the 3rd piece has length \"x+8\".<BR>\n" );
document.write( "And the 2nd piece has length \"x+8-5\" = x+3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find the length of the three pieces. so that the length of each piece <BR>\n" );
document.write( "add up to 41.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + x+8 + x+3 = 41<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x + 11 = 41<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x = 30<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 10 ft. (length of the 1st ft.)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+3 = 13 ft. (length of the 2nd ft.)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+8 = 18 ft. (length of the 3rd ft.)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. <BR>\n" );
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