Jose is solving a riddle in order to find a mystery number. He knows the number is negative, and that the sum of 5
4
of the number and 8 is equal to the sum of
3
2
of the number and 11. What is the mystery 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

It says in the questions that it is 6.5?

Number 5 is 50 degreesnumber 6 is 45 degreesnumber 7 is 60 degreesnumber 8 is 45 degrees