SOLUTION: You are a sushi chef and you have a piece of maguro(Bluefin) that is 13cm long. You need to slice it so that one piece of the fish is 4 cm longer than the other. How long is each s

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Question 754738: You are a sushi chef and you have a piece of maguro(Bluefin) that is 13cm long. You need to slice it so that one piece of the fish is 4 cm longer than the other. How long is each slice?
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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you have a piece of maguro(Bluefin) that is 13cm long. You need to slice it so that one piece of the fish is 4 cm longer than the other. How long is each slice?
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smaller piece: x
larger piece: x + 4
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Equation:
x + x+4 = 13
2x = 9
x = 4.5 cm
x+4 = 8.5 cm
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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