A machine cuts a strip of carpet into 2 pieces. the length of the smaller piece is 5 meters greater than 1/4 the length of the larger piece. If the length of the smaller piece is 12 meters, the length of the bigger piece is (A, 13.5 B, 14 C, 20 D, 28) meters and the total length of the carpet is (A- 25.5, B- 26, C- 32, D- 40) meters

Which of these would have been most likely to have been a carpetbagger during the reconstruction era? a) a new york businessman who relocated to mississippi b) a former slave who was able to buy land in birmingham c) a carolina-born politician who supported the democratic d) a former confederate officer who owned a farm in memphis eliminate