document.write( "Question 101365: A 10 ft board is to be cut into two pieces so that the longer piece is 4 times shourter. Find the length of each piece. \n" ); document.write( "
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Lets set the shorter piece equal to x
\n" ); document.write( "shorter = x
\n" ); document.write( "Now define the longer piece in terms of x
\n" ); document.write( "Given: longer piece is 4 times the shorter
\n" ); document.write( "longer = 4x
\n" ); document.write( "Ok we are told these two pieces were cut from a 10 ft board so we can write an equation to solve for x
\n" ); document.write( "short piece + long piece = 10 ft
\n" ); document.write( "x + 4x = 10
\n" ); document.write( "5x = 10
\n" ); document.write( "x = 2
\n" ); document.write( "Answer: short piece is 2 ft
\n" ); document.write( "Now use this to find the long piece
\n" ); document.write( "longer = 4x
\n" ); document.write( "4*2=8
\n" ); document.write( "Answer: long piece is 8 ft
\n" ); document.write( "Check answers:
\n" ); document.write( "short piece + long piece = 10 ft
\n" ); document.write( "2 + 8 = 10\r
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