SOLUTION: Solve the following word problems. Be sure to label the unknowns and to show the equation you use for the solution. . Yuri has a board that is 98 in. long. He wishes to cut t

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Question 85696: Solve the following word problems. Be sure to label the unknowns and to show the equation you use for the solution.
. Yuri has a board that is 98 in. long. He wishes to cut the board into two pieces so that one piece will be 10 in. longer than the other. What should the length of each piece be?
Answer by checkley75(3666) About Me  (Show Source):
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X+(X+10)=98
2X+10=98
2X=98-10
2X=88
X=88/2
X=44 FOR THE SHORT PIECE.
X+10=54 FOR THE LONGER PIECE.
PROOF
44+54=98
98=98