document.write( "Question 1162715: Joseph has 14 feet of rope. He wants to cut it into two pieces so that the
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document.write( "Your setup equation is\r\n" );
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document.write( "    x + (4x-1) = 14.\r\n" );
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document.write( "where x is the shorter piece.\r\n" );
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document.write( "From the equation\r\n" );
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document.write( "    5x = 14 + 1 = 15.\r\n" );
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document.write( "     x          = 15/5 = 3.\r\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER.  The shorter piece is 3 ft long.  The other piece is 14-3 = 11 ft long.\r\n" );
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