Homework Help: probl;em solving

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, September 28, 2012 at 12:07am.

in harry's attic there are three spider webs. the first web is twice as large as the second web. gthe third web is 3 inches larger than the first web. the combined width of the three webs is 1 foot and 6 inches. how long is each web?

probl;em solving - Steve, Friday, September 28, 2012 at 11:20am
calling the web sizes f,s,t

f = 2s
t = f+3
f+s+t = 18 (inches)

(f,s,t) = (6,3,9)

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