document.write( "Question 122263This question is from textbook Fundamentals of Algebric Modeling
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document.write( "Let s be the measure of the short piece.  Then the middle piece is s + 1 and the long piece is 2s.\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"s+%2B+%28s+%2B+1%29+%2B+2s+=+25\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"4s%2B1=25\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"4s=24\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"s=24%2F4=6\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then the middle piece is \"6%2B1=7\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "And the long piece is \"2%2A6=12\"\r\n" );
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