Alaine has 1 gallon of paint. She is going to pour it into paint tray that measures 10 inches wide, 12 inches long, and 5 cm deep.
(1 gallon = 231 in?, 1 inch = 2.54 cm)
Which of the following scenarios will happen?
The paint will not fill the tray by 369 cm
The paint will not fill the tray by 5.22 in
The paint will fill the tray exactly
The paint will overfill the tray by 5.22 in?

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