1. During the 2004-2005 NBA season, Shaquille O'Neal scored 1669 points while making 1011 shots. Shaq's points were a combination of 3-point field goals, 2-points field goals, and 1-point free throws.
He made 305 more 2-point field goals than free throws. How many of each shot did he make?

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

1.17+3.99a. you combine the terms with a to create 3.99 and the 1.17 stays because it has no like terms or a variable

Ithink it is 52