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13 March, 16:30

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

How long will each piece of board be?

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  1. 13 March, 16:56
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    x=one piece of wood

    4x-4 = the second piece of wood

    X + (4x-4) = 11 the two added together will equal 11

    5x-4=11 combine terms and solve. add 4 to both sides

    5x=15 divide both sides by 5

    x=3

    one piece is 3 feet and the other is 4x3-4=8 feet
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