SOLUTION: You are working on a wood project in woodshop. You have a wooden rod that is 72 inches long. You need to cut the rod so that one piece is 6 inches longer than the other pieces. How
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Question 336080: You are working on a wood project in woodshop. You have a wooden rod that is 72 inches long. You need to cut the rod so that one piece is 6 inches longer than the other pieces. How long should each piece be ??? Answer by benazir.sj@gmail.com(109) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! total length of the wooden rod =72in
length of first rod =x in
length of second rod =(x+6)in
x+(x+6) =72
2x+6 =72
2x=72-6
2x= 66
x=33
x+6 =39
length of the rods are 33in and 39 in
