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A 14 meter rope is cut into two pieces. One piece is 4 meters longer than 4 times the shorter piece. Fine the lengths of both pieces

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4x + 4 + x = 14

5x = 10

x = 2

8 + 4 = 12

One length was 12m, the other one was 2m.

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