The distance between New York City and Chicago is about 719 miles. The distance between New York City and Los Angeles is about 2462 miles. To the nearest tenth, about how many times as great is the distance from New York City to Los Angeles as the distance from New York City to Chicago? A. 3181
B. 1743
C. 3.4
D. 3.0

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