At the beginning of the month, a checkbook's balance was $345.23. A check was written on the tenth of the month for $127.54. Then a deposit was made on the fifteenth for $187.86. Checks for $125.26 and $87.01 were written on the eighteenth. Finally, $0.76 of interest was added at the end of the month. What was the ending balance of the checkbook? $194.04 $497.94 $73.40 $242.86

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’s either a or c as the answer.