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a 16 foot piece of string is cut into two pieces so that the longer pieces is 1 foot longer than twice the shorter piece find the lenths of both sides

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a 16 foot piece of string is cut into two pieces so that the longer pieces is 1 foot longer than twice the shorter piece find the lenths of both sides
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S + (2S + 1) = 16