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Sue wanted to cut a piece of ribbon into 2 smaller pieces.

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document.write( "Sue started with a piece of ribbon L cm long.

At first she wanted the first piece to be 210 cm.

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document.write( "At first she wanted the first piece to be 210 cm and the second piece to be\r\n" );
document.write( "L-210.

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document.write( "That was the FIRST piece she changed her mind about and reduced by 20 cm. \r\n" );
document.write( "So she changed her mind and wanted the FIRST piece to be 210-20=190 cm instead\r\n" );
document.write( "of 210 cm. That made the SECOND piece be L-190 instead of L-210.

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document.write( "Solve that for L.\r\n" );
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