document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=32875>Question 32875</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Solve the following word problem. Be sure to label the unknowns and to show the equation you use for the solution\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Yuri has a board that is 98 in. long. He wishes to cut the board into two pieces so that one piece will be 10 in. longer than the other. What should the length of each piece be? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "But he wishes to cut the board in two pieces where one piece is 10 in long than the other\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so let one piece be x in long<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the other piece will be x + 10 in\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so x + (x+10) = 98 in<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x = 98-10 = 88<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 44 in <BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + 10 = 54 in </SPAN>\n" );
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