Problema Solution
A carpenter used 37 ft of molding in three pieces to trim a garage door. If the long piece was 2 ft longer than three times the length of each shorter piece, then how long was each piece?
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let 'x' be the length of the shorter piece
Assuming the two shorter pieces are of the same length, the problem could be set up as
2 short pcs + (1 short PC + 2 ft) = 26
2x + (x + 2) = 26
by solving the equation we find
x = 8 ft
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the pieces are 8 ft, 8 ft and 10 ft (since 8 + 2 = 10).