25-01-2017
Mathematics

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A 14-foot piece of string is cut into two pieces so that the longer piece is 2 feet longer than twice the shorter piece. Find the lengths of both pieces.

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Anonymous Anonymous

25-01-2017

Your equation would look like this:

14=(x)x2+2

How you solve it is you take two away from 14:

Then you have:

12=(x)x2

Now you divide 12 by 2 and get 6:

Your two numbers are 6 and 8

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