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Taya2010 [7]
3 years ago
8

A 16 foot piece of string is cut into two pieces so that the longer piece is 1 foot longer than twice the shorter piece find the

length of both pieces
Mathematics
1 answer:
MAVERICK [17]3 years ago
8 0

x = long piece

y = short piece

 x = 2y+1

2y +1 +y =16

3y +1 = 16

3y =15

y = 15/3 =5

 y = 5

x = 2(5) +1 = 11

short piece is 5 feet

long piece is 11 feet

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