The height f, in feet, of an object when you know the object's height h in inches

1 inch = 0.0833 ft So if it were 20 inches, one would multiply 0.0833 by 20 to get the amount of ft If it were 42 inches one would multiply 0.0833 by 42 to get the amount of ft Whatever the amount of inches multiply it by 0.0833 to find the ft

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