Suzie is going to make 3 shelves for her mother. She has a piece of lumber 11 feet long. She wants the top shelf to be half a foot shorter than the middle shelf, and the bottom shelf to be half a foot shorter than twice the length of the middle shelf. How long will each shelf be if she uses the entire 11 feet of wood?

Read the excerpt from gilgamesh: a new english version. gilgamesh backed away. he said,"how dreadful humbaba's face has become! it is changing into a thousand nightmarefaces, more horrible than i can bear. i feel haunted. i am too afraid to go on." §enkidu answered, "why, dear friend, do you speak like a coward? what you just saidis unworthy of you. it grieves my heartwe must not hesitate or retreat."