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Amanda composed two songs. The longer song is 126 seconds less than twice the length of the short song. The longer song lasts 286 seconds. How long is the shorter song?

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let x be the length of the short song 
length of long one is 2x - 126 
2x -126 = 286 
2x = 412 
x = 206

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Shorter song= y seconds
Longer song=2y-126
2y-126=286
2y=412
y=206
The shorter song is 206 seconds

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