Asked by larassia

Sarah has a piece of rope that is 10 ft long. She wants to cut it into 2 pieces so that the longer piece is 2 ft less than 3 times the shorter piece.
How many ft long will the shorter piece be?
Answered by Reiny
shorter piece --- x
longer piece ---- 3x-2

solve for x:

x + 3x-2 = 10

take it from here
Answered by Anonymous
Long=7
Short=3
Answered by Anonymous
hi the answer is thirteen
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