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8. Kayla's kite string was too long so her dad cut off 10 inches. Now the string is 40 inches long. How long was it at first?

8. Kayla's kite string was too long so her dad cut off 10 inches. Now the string is 40 inches long. How long was it at first?
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8. Kayla's kite string was too long so her dad cut off 10 inches. Now the string is 40 inches

long. How long was it at first?

User Danny Frencham
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It was originally 50 inches long.

Let’s call the original length L
L - 10 = 40
Add 10 to both sides of the equation
L = 50
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