document.write( "Question 1151281: Mario has a string of certain length. When 6 meters of string were taken from it, it became three-fourths its original length. How long was the string at first, in meters? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "    x - 6 = .\r\n" );
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document.write( "Solve for x, which is the original length.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Or notice that 6 meters is exactly  of the original length,\r\n" );
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document.write( "so the answer is  6*4 = 24 meters, without any equation/equations.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Note.  The words  \"it became . . . \"  I interpret as  \"the remainder became . . . \"\r\n" );
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