SOLUTION: A 24-foot board is cut into two pieces. Twice the length of the shorter piece is 3 ft less than the length of the longer piece. Find the length of each piece.
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Question 341525: A 24-foot board is cut into two pieces. Twice the length of the shorter piece is 3 ft less than the length of the longer piece. Find the length of each piece. Answer by edjones(8007) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let s be the length of the shorter piece and 24-s the length of the longer
2s=24-s-3
3s=21
s=7' shorter piece
17' longer piece
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Ed
