Question

Nagaraj Nanjappa has a party-length sandwich 59in. long. He wants to cut it into three pieces so that the middle piece is 5 in. longer than the shortest piece and the shortest piece is 9in. shorter than the longest piece. How long should the three pieces be?

Answer 1

let shortest peice be x in long
middle piece = x + 5 in
longest piece = x + 9

x + x + 5 + x + 9 = 59
3x + 14 = 59
3x = 45

x = 15

so shortest piece is 15 in middle piece = 20 in and longest piece = 24 in.