Josh was feeling adventurous at lunch. Rather than choosing a single drink, he decided to mix together all the drink choices. He mixed an equal amount of 7 types of soda to fill his 12-ounce cup to the brim! How many ounces of each type of soda did Josh get?
Write your answer as a proper fraction or mixed number.

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