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A wooden railing is 82 m long. It is to be divided into four pieces. Three pieces
will be the same length, and the fourth piece will be 2 m longer than each of the
other three. Find the length of each piece.

Answer 1

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Explanation:

let each piece be x, and the fourth piece x+2:

3x + x +2 = 82

4x = 80

x = 20

3 pieces will be 20m each and the 4th will be 20+2 = 22m long