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For their homecoming parade, the students of wheaton college have created a colorful banner, 47 meters in length, that is made of two pieces of parachute material. The short piece is 17 meters shorter than the long piece. Find the length of each piece

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Let the length the longer piece be x

Then the shorter piece has length x-17

Now

x+x-17=47

2x=47+17

2x=64

x=32

The longer one is 32 meters long

The shorter one is 32-17= 15 meters long

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