document.write( "Question 914032: A 7ft. board is cut into 2 pieces so that one piece is 3 feet longer than 3 times the shorter piece. Find the lengths of both sides. Please help me set this up into an equation thank you!(: \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #554831 by jim_thompson5910(35256) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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Let x = length of shorter piece\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"one piece is 3 feet longer than 3 times the shorter piece\" means the longer piece is 3x+3 feet long.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "(x) + (3x+3) = 7\r
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