Homework Help: math

Posted by pedro on Thursday, September 29, 2011 at 9:00pm.

a piece of fabric is cut into 12 equal lengths with 3 inches left over. Define a variable, and write an expression for the length or the original piece.

math - Brianna, Thursday, September 29, 2011 at 9:12pm
length of the each piece is x
original= 12x+3
math - mary, Monday, September 17, 2012 at 9:26am
a piece of a fabric is cut into 12 lengths with 3 inches leftover.define a variable and write an expression for the length of the original piece

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