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A Worker Cuts a 57 Feet Beam into Two Pieces

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A worker cuts a 57 feet beam into two pieces. He wants one piece to be 3 feet shorter than three times the length of the other piece. Find the length of shorter piece.


A) 12
B) 15
C) 42
D) 18

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