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Katie has a strip of paper 39 inches long. She wants to cut the paper so that one piece is 9 inches shorter than the other. How long should each of the 2 pieces be?

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x + x + 9 = 39

2x = 30

x = 15

The shorter piece is 15 inches long.

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