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A carpenter needs to cut a 20-foot piece of wood into two pieces. One piece must be 6 feet longer than the other piece. Find the lengths of the two pieces.
 
  a. 7 and 15 ft
  b. 9 and 13 ft
  c. 7 and 13 ft
  d. 7 and 17 ft
  e. 11 and 13 ft

Question 2

A video store charges 3.50 to rent a DVD. Every fourth DVD that a customer rents is free. Brooke paid a total of 289.50 last year for renting DVDs. How many free DVDs did she receive?
 
  a. 24 videos
  b. 20 videos
  c. 21 videos
  d. 22 videos
  e. 23 videos



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: C

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ANS: B





 

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