Question 865482
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Hi,
Let x and (20-x) represent the two parts
    3x^2 -10 = (20-x)
    3x^2 + x -30 = 0
    (3x +10)(x-3) = 0,  x =  3      (Tossing out the negative solution for unit measure)
And...Checking
   27 -10 = 20-3 = 17