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A 20-foot board is cut into two pieces, Twice the length of the shorter piece is 4 ft more than the length of the longer piece. Find the length of the shorter piece.

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Solution. Assume that the length of the shorter piece is x. Then the length of the ...

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This is a Word problem regarding lengths of a board.

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