SOLUTION: A carpenter has a board that is 15 ft long. He needs to cut it into pieces so that one piece is 3 ft shorter than the other piece. Find the length of each piece.
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Question 1018823: A carpenter has a board that is 15 ft long. He needs to cut it into pieces so that one piece is 3 ft shorter than the other piece. Find the length of each piece. Found 2 solutions by Boreal, FrankM:Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! longer piece is x
shorter piece is x-3
they add to 15
x+(x-3)=15
2x-3=15
2x=18
x=9 ft.
x-3=6 ft.
