Mark is trying to raise money for his school. His goal is to raise $400. His mom gave him $30, and he sells candy bars for $1.75 a piece to raise the money. he sells on average about 45 candy bars a day. How many candy bars will mark have to sell and about how many days will it take to reach his goal?

Best answer that i found on yahoo ok   set :   x= length of 2nd piece in cm  x- 3= length of 1st piece in cm  x-4= length of 3rd piece in cm  then since you know they all came from the 20 cm ribbon you add them together and set them equal to 20x+ x-3 +x-4 = 20  3x - 7= 20  3x= 27  x= 9  the shortest piece is the third piece which is x- 4  x-4  9-4 = 5  the length of the smallest piece is 5 cm.  the other lengths are  9 cm  6 cm