Shen received a $45.00 gift card for a photo center. He used it to buy prints that cost 25 cents each. The remaining balance, B (in dollars), on the card after
buying x prints is given by the following.
B = 45.00 -0.25x
What is the remaining balance on the card if Shen bought 15 prints?

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