SOLUTION: To celebrate a diner's anniversary, the owners have made a 40-foot-long sandwich. The sandwich is cut into three unequal pieces. The longest piece is three times as long as the mid

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Question 704863: To celebrate a diner's anniversary, the owners have made a 40-foot-long sandwich. The sandwich is cut into three unequal pieces. The longest piece is three times as long as the middle piece, and the shortest piece is 5 feet shorter than the middle piece. What is the length of the longest piece?
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To celebrate a diner's anniversary, the owners have made a 40-foot-long sandwich. The sandwich is cut into three unequal pieces. The longest piece is three times as long as the middle piece, and the shortest piece is 5 feet shorter than the middle piece. What is the length of the longest piece?
Let x = length of middle piece
then
3x = length of longest piece
x-5 = length of shortest piece
.
x + 3x + x-5 = 40
5x-5 = 40
5x = 45
x = 9
.
Longest piece:
3x = 3(9) = 27 feet

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