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A survey was given to a random sample of voters in the United States to ask about
their preference for a presidential candidate. The percentage of people who said they
preferred Candidate A was 30%. The margin of error for the survey was 3.5%. Which
of the following is a reasonable value for the actual percentage of the population thal
prefers Candidate A?

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