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3 years ago

A 40 ft board is cut into two pieces so that one piece is 8 ft longer than the other piece. Find the length of the two pieces

Mathematics

2 answers:

attashe74 [19]3 years ago

6 0

Answer:

24 and 16

Step-by-step explanation:

x + x+8=40

2x+8=40

2x=32

x=16

16 and 24

77julia77 [94]3 years ago

3 0

Answer:

16 and 24 ft

Step-by-step explanation:

If we call the length of one piece x, the length of the other piece is x + 8, therefore, we can write the following equation:

x + x + 8 = 40

2x + 8 = 40

2x = 32

x = 16 so x + 8 = 16 + 8 = 24.

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