Question

Irvin cut a 47 in. wire into two pieces. The longer piece is 13 in. longer than the shorter piece.

What is the length of the longer piece?
The length of the longer piece is 60 in.
WRONG again Mr. bot
(total illogical answer !!!! If the entire piece is 47 cm, how can the longer be 60 cm ?????? )
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solution done by human:

shorter piece --- x
longer piece --- x+13

x + x+13 = 47
2x = 34
x = 17

short piece is 17 cm, the longer piece is 30 cm

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