SOLUTION: A sandwich is served on a 18 inch bun.
Jenny, Demi, and Sarah share the sandwich. Jenny cuts the sandwich in such a way that Demi gets half of what Jenny gets and Sarah gets th
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Question 755322: A sandwich is served on a 18 inch bun.
Jenny, Demi, and Sarah share the sandwich. Jenny cuts the sandwich in such a way that Demi gets half of what Jenny gets and Sarah gets three-fourths of what Jenny gets.
Find the length of each person's sandwich.
Thanks.
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I did this one yesterday. Question 754950. Here it is again.
Let 
represent the measure of the largest piece. Then one of the other pieces is 
and the other piece is 
. The three pieces add up to 18 inches, so:
Solve for , then calculate 
and
John
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My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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