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A board 83 inches long is to be cut into three pieces for framing. The longest piece must be twice the length of the middle-sized piece, and the shortest piece must be 21 inches shorter than the middle-sized piece. Write an equation to find the length of each of the three pieces

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1st equation=x:2y
2nd equation= (2zt42)/2:y

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