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Dmitry_Shevchenko [17]
3 years ago
6

Jared has a wooden board that is 11 ft long. He wants to cut it into 2 pieces so that the longer piece is 4 ft less than 4 times

the length of the shorter piece. How long is each piece?
Mathematics
1 answer:
Kaylis [27]3 years ago
4 0
X+y=11

x is longer than y
x>y
x is 4 less than 4 times y
x=-4+4y

sub back
x+y=11
-4+4y+y=11
-4+5y=11
add 4 to both sides
5y=15
divide both sides by 5
y=3

sub back
x=-4+4y
x=-4+4(3)
x=-4+12
x=8

the pieces are 8ft and 3ft
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