A boy purchased a party-length sandwhich 56 in. long, he wants to cut it into three pieces so that the middle piece is 6 in. longer than the shortest piece and the shortest piece is 8 in. shorter than the longest piece. How long should the three pieces be?

The shortest is 14 in. the longest is 22 in. and the middle is 20 in.

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step-by-step explanation:

in problems involving proportions, we can use cross products to test whether two ratios are equal and form a proportion. to find the cross products of a proportion, we multiply the outer terms, called the extremes, and the middle terms, called the means.

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