document.write( "Question 1170638: A rod 25 feet long is cut into two pieces such that one piece is 9 feet longer than twice the length of the other piece. What is the mathematical equation for this? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Let  x  be the length of the shorter piece, in feet.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then the length of the longer piece is  (2x+9) feet. \r\n" );
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document.write( "The equation is\r\n" );
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document.write( "    x + (2x+9) = 25  feet\r\n" );
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document.write( "saying that the sum of the parts is equal to the whole.\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "What difficult did you find in it ?\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "It is as clear as 2.5 + 1.5 = 4.\r
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