Sir john franklin was an explorer who traveled in canada an the united states. he was 33 years old when he began exploring northwestern canada. in a second expedition 17 years later he explored as far as alaska. 11 years later franklin died in an expedition in search of a northwest passage in 1847. in what year was franklin born?

33+17+11=61
1847-61=1786
He was born in 1786
also this guy really did exist, his wikipedia page says 4/16/1786

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