Gabby and Jalen are running for Student Body President. At their school, a total of 250 students vote in the election. Gabby receives 50 more votes than Jalen. If everyone votes only once, how many votes did Gabby receive?

Gabby received 150 votes Jalen received 100 votes

Best answer that i found on yahoo ok   set :   x= length of 2nd piece in cm  x- 3= length of 1st piece in cm  x-4= length of 3rd piece in cm  then since you know they all came from the 20 cm ribbon you add them together and set them equal to 20x+ x-3 +x-4 = 20  3x - 7= 20  3x= 27  x= 9  the shortest piece is the third piece which is x- 4  x-4  9-4 = 5  the length of the smallest piece is 5 cm.  the other lengths are  9 cm  6 cm