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David has a hose that is 27 ft long. He wants to cut it into two pieces so that the longer piece is 3 ft more than 2 times the length of the shorter piece.

How long will each piece of hose be?
Shorter piece:
ft
Longer piece:
ft

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Answer:

David has a hose that is 27 ft long. He wants to cut it into two pieces so that the longer piece is 3 ft more than 2 times the length of the shorter piece.

How long will each piece of hose be?

Enter your answers in the boxes.

Shorter piece:

ft

Longer piece:

ft

Step-by-step explanation:

short piece is 8 no homo the long one is 19

User Facelessuser
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The short piece will be 8 ft and the long one will be 19 ft
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