2+x+4 just drop the parenthasesi think
Answer: Bridget was thinking of the number 2.95
Step-by-step explanation:
21.9 / 2 = 10.95
10.95 - 8 = 2.95
Let the length of one of the shorter pieces be

. Then, we know that two of the pieces are that length, and the third piece is

. Since these are all pieces of a rope, all we need to do to figure out the lengths is add all those together, solve for

, and then plug that back in to the desired lengths:



Shorter pieces:

Longer piece:
Prettyyyyyy sure it’s the 2nd one