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a piece of wood is cut into 3 pieces the 2nd piece is 4 ft longer than the first piece, the 3rd piece is three times as long as the 1st piece but 5 ft shorter. if the board was 49ft long, find the length of each piece.
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\n" ); document.write( "1st piece:: x ft
\n" ); document.write( "2nd piece:: x+4 ft
\n" ); document.write( "3rd piece:: 3x-5 ft
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\n" ); document.write( "Equation::
\n" ); document.write( "x + x+4 + 3x-5 = 49
\n" ); document.write( "Combine like terms to get,
\n" ); document.write( "5x - 1 = 49
\n" ); document.write( "5x = 50
\n" ); document.write( "x = 10 ft (1st piece)
\n" ); document.write( "2nd piece:: x+4 = 14 ft
\n" ); document.write( "3rd piece:: 3x-5 = 30-5 = 25 ft
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