SOLUTION: A wooden railing is 82m long. It is to be divided into 4 pieces. 3 pieces will be the same length and the fourth piece will be 2m longer than each of the other three
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Question 1094564: A wooden railing is 82m long. It is to be divided into 4 pieces. 3 pieces will be the same length and the fourth piece will be 2m longer than each of the other three Answer by addingup(3677) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! let each piece be x, and the fourth piece x+2:
3x + x +2 = 82
4x = 80
x = 20
3 pieces will be 20m each and the 4th will be 20+2 = 22m long
