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Question from Sherry, a student: A 20 foot board is cut into two pieces. If we let x= the length of the longer piece, what is the length of the shorter piece? |
Hi Sherry.
If you take x feet away from a 20 foot length, what is left?
Isn't this the just saying in words the same thing as 20 - x says in
mathematics?
Stephen.
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