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Francesca has 63 cm of ribbon. She will cut it into two pieces so that the longer piece is 15 cm longer than the shorter piece.

What will the length of the longer piece be?

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User Izydorr
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Answer:

39, I took the test

Explanation:

Francesca has 63 cm of ribbon. She will cut it into two pieces so that the longer-example-1
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User Ran Avnon
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Answer:

39

Explanation:

equasion=

x+x+15=63

63-15=48

x+x=48

divide 48 by 2 and you get 24 that is how short the short one is 24+ 15 is 39 and that is the longer one piece

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