document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=91710>Question 91710</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How do I transfer the words a board is 98 in long and I want to cut the board into two pieces so that one piece will be 10 in. longer than the other?  I belive the length of one piece will be 44 in. and the other 54 in. but I am not sure how to set the problem up. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let one of the pieces be length = \"x\" inches<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then the 2nd piece is \"x+10\" inches long.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "EQUATION:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + (x+10) = 98 inches<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x + 10 = 98<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x = 88<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 44 inches (length of one of the pieces)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+10 = 54 inches ( length of the 2nd piece)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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