document.write( "Question 505926: A 21 foot board has been cut into two parts, one tiwice as long as teh other. how long is each part? \n" ); document.write( "

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represent the measure of the shorter piece. Then

represents the measure of the longer piece.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The sum of the measures of the two pieces is the length of the original board, so:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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