document.write( "Question 1089952: James has two planks of wood. One of them is 16m less than 3 times the length of the other one . The total length of the two planks is 8 metres long.\r
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document.write( "Second plank: x meters long.\r\n" );
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document.write( "First plank: 3x - 16 meters long.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Both together are x + (3x-16) = 4x - 16.\r\n" );
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document.write( "4x - 16 = 8.\r\n" );
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document.write( "4x = 8 + 16 = 24  ====>  x = 6.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Answer.  Second plank is 3 m.  First plank is 3x-16 = 3*6 - 16 = 2m.\r\n" );
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