The red rope was four times the length of the blue rope. The blue rope was 7 centimeters shorter than the yellow rope. If the 3 ropes had a combined length of 37 centimeters, what was the length of the red rope in centimeters?
Let Y = the length of the yellow rope in centimeters Blue rope = Y - 7 Red rope = 4 * (Y - 7) Y + Y - 7 + 4 (Y - 7) = 37 cm 6Y - 35 = 37 6Y = 72 Y = <<12=12>>12 cm The red rope was 20 cm long. Answer: 20