SOLUTION: A board is 18 feet long. You cut off three pieces from the board, each piece x ft long. Write a function for the length of the remaining piece in terms of x.

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Question 1192918: A board is 18 feet long. You cut off three pieces from the board, each piece x ft long. Write a function for the length of the remaining piece in terms of x.
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18 - 3x feet long,   assuming that  3x <= 18,  or  x <= 6  feet long.