A boy purchased (bought) a party-length sandwich 55 in. long. He wants to cut it into three pieces so that the middle piece is 5 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? Shortest piece has a length of in.
Middle piece has a length of ___ in
Longest piece has a length of in.

Matt and brian were solving a system of equations. they both noticed that the two lines had the same slope. brian said that because each line in the system had the same slope, the two lines had to be parallel, which meant the solution to the system was "no solution" matt disagreed, and said they should also look at the y-intercepts before determining how many solutions there were. who is correct?

At a sale this week, a desk is being sold for $213. this is a 29% discount from the original price. what is the original price?

Apatient is to be given 35 milligrams of demerol every 4 hours. you have demerol 50 milligrams/milliliter in stock. how many milliliters should be given per dose?