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A steel cable measuring 24.8 meters in total length is cut into two segments. If one segment is 5.6 meters shorter than the other, what is the length, in meters, of the longer segment?

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$We first create variables to represent the lengths of the two cable segments.$	$x = length of the longer segment y = length of the shorter segment$	Theory & Tactics Method Card TRANS1-A Click to view full details
$We translate the total length from the text "A steel cable measuring 24.8 meters in total length is cut into two segments" .$	$x + y = 24.8$	Theory & Tactics Method Card TRANS1-C Click to view full details
$We translate the relative difference from the text "one segment is 5.6 meters shorter than the other" .$	$y = x - 5.6$	Theory & Tactics Method Card TRANS1-D Click to view full details
$We substitute the expression for y into the total length equation and solve for x .$	$x + (x - 5.6) = 24.8 2 x - 5.6 = 24.8 2 x = 24.8 + 5.6 2 x = 30.4 x = 15.2$	Theory & Tactics Method Card EQUA1-A Click to view full details

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A steel cable measuring 24.8 meters in total length is cut into two segments. If one segment is 5.6 meters shorter than the other, what is the length, in meters, of the longer segment?

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$We first create variables to represent the lengths of the two cable segments.$	$x = length of the longer segment y = length of the shorter segment$	Theory & Tactics Method Card TRANS1-A Click to view full details
$We translate the total length from the text "A steel cable measuring 24.8 meters in total length is cut into two segments" .$	$x + y = 24.8$	Theory & Tactics Method Card TRANS1-C Click to view full details
$We translate the relative difference from the text "one segment is 5.6 meters shorter than the other" .$	$y = x - 5.6$	Theory & Tactics Method Card TRANS1-D Click to view full details
$We substitute the expression for y into the total length equation and solve for x .$	$x + (x - 5.6) = 24.8 2 x - 5.6 = 24.8 2 x = 24.8 + 5.6 2 x = 30.4 x = 15.2$	Theory & Tactics Method Card EQUA1-A Click to view full details

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