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document.write( "The lengths in feet of three pieces of copper tubing are consecutive multiples of 4. If each piece of tubing were 5 ft shorter, the sum of their lengths would be 45 ft. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Write an equation to represent this relationship among the intergers.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The lengths in feet of three pieces <BR>\n" );
document.write( "of copper tubing are consecutive multiples of 4. If each piece of tubing were 5 ft shorter, the sum of their lengths would be 45 ft.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I am not an expert in English (which is my second language),<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "    Had each piece of tubing be 5 ft shorter, the sum of their lengths would be 45 ft.\r\n" );
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document.write( "And &nbsp;YES: &nbsp;The solution by @josgarithmetic is &nbsp;&nbsp;<U>W R O N G</U>.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It is &nbsp;&nbsp;<U>C O N C E P T U A L L Y &nbsp;&nbsp;W R O N G</U> &nbsp;&nbsp;(from the very beginning to the end).\r<BR>\n" );
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