SOLUTION: Raj has a party length submarine sand which of 59 inches. He want to cut into three pieces so that the large piece is 5 inches longer than the middle piece and the shortest piece i

Question 1154860: Raj has a party length submarine sand which of 59 inches. He want to cut into three pieces so that the large piece is 5 inches longer than the middle piece and the shortest piece is 9 inches shorter than the middle piece. How long should each piece of sandwich be?
Found 2 solutions by mananth, josgarithmetic:
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

that the is 5 inches longer thanand the shortest piece is 9 inches shorter than the middle piece
Let middle piece be x
large piece =x +5
Small piece is x-9
x+x+5+x-9 =59
3x =63
x=21
x+5=26
x-9=12

Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

short m-9 middle m long m+5 TOTAL 59

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