Laura is on her way home in her car. she has driven 24 miles so far, which is three fourths of the way home. what is the total length of her drive?

24/3=8 so 8•4=32 which is 4/4 of the way!

Is 32 because if you multiply them by 8 which is 1•8is8,2•8is16,3•4is24 like you said and 8•4is32. Which is our answer

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