SOLUTION: Yusuf has a piece of wood that is 126cm long. He wants to make four shelves with lengths that are consecutive integers. How long will the shelves be?

SOLUTION: Yusuf has a piece of wood that is 126cm long. He wants to make four shelves with lengths that are consecutive integers. How long will the shelves be?

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Question 1074047: Yusuf has a piece of wood that is 126cm long. He wants to make four shelves with lengths that are consecutive integers. How long will the shelves be?
Answer by jorel1380(3719) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let n be the shortest shelf. Then the following shelves would be n+1,n+2, and n+3. So:
n+n+1+n+2+n+3=126
4n+6=126
4n=120
n=30
The shelves will be 30,31,32,and 33 cms. long. ☺☺☺☺
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