Acarpenter cuts a board into three pieces of equal and then cuts off 1/4 of one of the pieces. if the smallest board he has is 1 foot in length, what was the length of the original board?

An episode of a television show is 60 minutes long when it originally airs with commercials. on a dvd without commercials, the episode is only 417 minutes long. how many1-minute commercials did the episode include when it originally aired? write and solve an equation to justify your answer.

Given the system of equations presented here: 2x + 4y = 14 4x + y = 20 which of the following actions creates an equivalent system such that, when combined with the other equation, one of the variables is eliminated? multiply the second equation by â’4 to get â’16x â’ 4y = â’80 multiply the second equation by â’1 to get â’4x â’ y = â’20 multiply the first equation by 2 to get 4x + 8y = 28 multiply the first equation by â’1 to get â’2x â’ 4y = â’14

Aweekly newspaper charges $72 for each inch in length and one column width. what is the cost of an ad that runs 2 column inches long and 2 columns wide? its not 288