Acarpenter cuts a board into three pieces of equal length smallest board is 1 ft. in length, how long was the original board?

To solve the system of equations below, grace isolated the variable y in the first equation and then substituted into the second equation. what was the resulting equation? 3y=12x x^2/4+y^2/9=1

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Aremote-controlled boat can travel at 4 feet per second in calm water. the boat traveled 48 feet with the current, and then it traveled 16 feet against the current in the same amount of time. how fast is the current?