A length of rope 75m long.it is cut into two pieces so that one piece Is 9m longer than the other piece. what is the measurement of the longer piece
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let one piece be x
thus the other one is x plu 9
by adding both we get....
x+x+9=75
2x=75-9
2x=66
x=33
therefore
the longer piece is x plus 9 I.e
33+9 which equals to
42 this is the longer piece
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