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David has a hose that is 27 ft long. He wants to cut it into two pieces so that the longer piece is 3 ft more than 2 times the length of the shorter piece. How long will each pi…

David has a hose that is 27 ft long. He wants to cut it into two pieces so that the longer piece is 3 ft more than 2 times the length of the shorter piece. How long will each pi…
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David has a hose that is 27 ft long. He wants to cut it into two pieces so that the longer piece is 3 ft more than 2 times the length of the shorter piece.

How long will each piece of hose be?

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Shorter piece: ft


Longer piece: ft




25 POINTS PLEASE HELP

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User Stefan Pochmann
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27 dived into 2 times 2 plus 3 = 30
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User Madina
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it will be 4 piece
longer
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User Alebian
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