Carlos is at the store buying pencils. There is a package with 4 pencils that costs $5 or a package with 5 pencils that costs $6. Which package is the
better buy?
A. The $6 package, because each pencil costs $1.20.
B. The $6 package, because each pencil costs $0.83.
C. The $5 package, because each pencil costs $1.25.
D. The $5 package, because each pencil costs $0.80.

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