The Naturally Made Bath and Body store pays $550 a month for rent and utilities. The average cost for its products to be manufactured is about $3.00 an item. If the average price for a product sold in the store is $5.50, what will the break-even point be? Let x represent the number of products sold. The cost function that represents the situation is . The revenue function that represents the situation is .

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