Alissa cut a pices of string that was 17 feet long. Darnell cut piece of string that was 5 yard long Alissa wanted to cut her string so that it was the same length as Darnell's how many feet did she need to cut.

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Virginia Thompson

31 March, 22:55

Alissa cut a pices of string that was 17 feet long. Darnell cut piece of string that was 5 yard long Alissa wanted to cut her string so that it was the same length as Darnell's how many feet did she need to cut.

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Kendall Bridges · Answer 1

So alissa has 17 feet

darnel has 5 yards

1 yard=3 feet

5 yard times 3=15 feet

17 feet-x=15

add x to both sides

17=15+x

subtract 15

2=x

she needs to cut 2 feet