Aboy purchased(bought) a party length sandwich 59 in long. he wants to cut it into three pieces so that the middle piece is 6in. longer than the shortest piece and the shortest piece is 8in. shorter than the longest piece. how long should the three pieces be?

Ok so let's start with what we know- the shortest piece is 8 inches so there's one length... then the middle piece is 6 inches longer than the shortest (6+ 8) so the middle piece would be 14 inches long. To find the last piece we can add up the other two pieces we know (14+8) which would be 22 and subtract that from how long the whole sandwich is (59-22) which would be 37 inches long. So in the end he shortest piece would be 8 inches, the middle 14 inches and the longest 37 inches.