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A carpenter cut a board into 3 pieces of equal length. one of the pieces was 16.4 cm long. what was the length of the board? show your work.

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16.4 x 3 = 49.2cm however, if you take into consideration the width of the blade cutting the board, you would have to add that width twice to get the actual length of the board.
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