Problema Solution
Amanda composed two songs. The longer song is 126 seconds less than twice the length of the short song. The longer song lasts 286 seconds. How long is the shorter song
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Let 'x' represent the length of the short song.
2x - 126 = 286
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x = 206 s
The shorter song is 206 seconds long.