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Samuel had 2 strings.

The first string was
3
5
m long.
The second string was
1
4
m shorter than the first string.

(a) What was the length of the second string?
(b) What was the total length of both strings?

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(a) The length of the second string was 3m - 1m = 2m.

(b) The total length of both strings was 3m + 2m = 5m.

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