document.write( "Question 348654: A piece of wood is cut into 3 parts. The first part is 1 foot shorter than the third. The second part is 2 feet longer than 3 times the third part. How long is each part if the entire piece of wood is 26 feet? \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #249243 by josmiceli(19441) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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Let $\"x\"$ = the length of the 3rd part
\n" ); document.write( "given:
\n" ); document.write( " $\"x+-+1\"$ ft = length of 1st part
\n" ); document.write( " $\"3x+%2B+2\"$ ft = length of 2nd part
\n" ); document.write( " $\"x+%2B+x+-+1+%2B+3x+%2B+2+=+26\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"5x+%2B+1+=+26\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"5x+=+25\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"x+=+5\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"x+-+1+=+4\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"3x+%2B+2+=+3%2A5+%2B+2\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"3%2A5+%2B+2+=+17\"$
\n" ); document.write( "The parts are 4 ft, 17 ft, and 5 ft long \n" ); document.write( "

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