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Basic Algebra word problem. Need step by step explanation. An 8 m board is cut into two pieces. One piece is 2 m longer than the other. How long are the pieces.
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Basic Algebra word problem. Need step by step explanation.

An 8 m board is cut into two pieces. One piece is 2 m longer than the other. How long are the pieces.

User Ian Kirkpatrick
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8m board

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One piece has to be longer by two so this is what i would do:

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1. 8 divided by 2 = 4

2. so i will take two off the 4 and get 2

3. so the two pieces will be 2 and 6

4. 2+6 = 8

Hope this helped!

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