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Vera cut a piece of fabric into 5 equal-length pieces. Then she cut another 3 centimeters off one piece, leaving 6 centimeters of fabric. How many centimeters long was her original piece of fabric? Write two equations with letters for the unknowns. Solve.

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We have

fabric cut into 5 equal -length pieces

she cut 3 cm

l=length of one piece of the 5 equals pieces

l=6+3

l=9

the original piece of fabric is

o= length of the original fabric

o=5l

o=5(9)

o=45 cm

the original piece of fabric is 45 cm

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