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Stacy and Travis are rock climbing. Stacy's rope is 4 feet shorter than 3 times the length of Travis' rope. Stacy's rope is 23 feet long. Write and solve an equation to find the length t of Travis' rope.

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User Randnum
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lets say travi's rope is T feet long
and Stacy's rope is 23 feet long
3T-4=23
3T=23+4
3T=27
T=9 feet long
so Travis rope is 9 feet long
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