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put this solution on YOUR website! the drawer is 28 inches deep.
he will be placing 2 partititons with each partition being 1/2 inch wide.
take away 2 * 1/2 from 28 and you have 27 inches of space to play with.
the 2 partitions will be dividing the drawer into 3 spaces.
the first space will be x inches long.
the second space will be x + 3 inches long.
the third space will be x + 6 inches long.
the total of the 3 spaces will be 3x + 9 inches long and will equal 27 inches.
equation is 3x + 9 = 27
subtract 9 from both sides of this equation to get 3x = 18
divide both sides of this equation by 3 to get x = 6
the first space will be 6 inches long.
the second space will be 9 inches long.
the third space will be 12 inches long.
6 + 9 + 12 = 27 inches long plus 1 inch for the width of the 2 partitions = 28 inches long.
answer to your question is that the first partition will be placed 6 inches from the front of the drawer.
picture of your drawer would look like this:
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