A35-inch board is to be cut into three pieces so that the second piece is twice as long as the first piece and the third piece is 4 times as long as the first piece. if x represents the length of the first piece, find the lengths of all three pieces.

A50% increase followed by 33 1/2% decrease

At the "no mutants allowed" country farm, every sheep has 4 legs, every chicken has two legs, and all animals have only 1 head. asked to count how many sheep and chicken are in the fields, a farm boy reports back that there are 140 feet and 50 heads. how many sheep and chicken are there? there are sheep and chicken at the farm.

Lizette is training for a marathon. at 7: 00 she left her house and ran until 8: 30, then she walked until 11: 30. she covered a total distance of 18 miles. her running speed was six miles per hour faster than her walking speed. find her running and walking speeds in miles per hour.