HELP I NEED THIS ASAP An industrial copy machine has the ability to reduce image dimensions by a certain percentage each time it copies. A design began with a length of 16 inches, represented by the point (0,16). After going through the copy machine once, the length is 12, represented by the point (1,12).

Enter the correct answer in the box by replacing the values of a and b

f(x)=a(b)^x

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 would be 18 cm