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A 16-foot piece of string is cut into two pieces so that the longer piece is 1 foot longer than twice the shorter piece. Find the lengths of both pieces?
Total length = 16ft
Let the longer piece = x ft
Let the other piece = (16-x)ft
equation,
x - 2(16-x) = 1
x - 32 + 2x = 1
3x = 33
x = 11ft
16-x = 5ft
Longer piece = 11ft
shorter piece = 5ft
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