SOLUTION: A 7ft. board is cut into 2 pieces so that one piece is 3 feet longer than 3 times the shorter piece. Find the lengths of both sides. Please help me set this up into an equation tha

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Question 914032: A 7ft. board is cut into 2 pieces so that one piece is 3 feet longer than 3 times the shorter piece. Find the lengths of both sides. Please help me set this up into an equation thank you!(:
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let x = length of shorter piece

"one piece is 3 feet longer than 3 times the shorter piece" means the longer piece is 3x+3 feet long.

So the equation is

(x) + (3x+3) = 7

I'll let you solve for x.

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Thanks,

Jim