What is this answer 3g+5=17

Sulin cuts a ribbon into two pieces in the ratio 5 : 3. The shorter piece is 42 cm long. What is the length of the original ribbon?

Colorado often experiences snowstorms resulting in multiple inches of snow. During the last snowstorm, the snow accumulated at 4/5 inch snow per hour. If snows continue at this rate for 10 hours how much snow will accumulate?

The ages of 10 students in mrs. kiperlings class are 14,14,13,13,13,15,14,14,13,13. what is the mean absolute deviation of the ages.

Alan is 14 years old. he is twice as old as his brother James. how old is James?

Two sides of a triangle have lengths 10 and 18. Which inequalities describe the possible lengths for the third side x?

A newspaper reporter wants to know how popular the hobby of bird watching is in the city. He asked people at the local bird refuge if they watched birds as a hobby. Which of the following best explains whether the reporters data is valid or not?

I am very confused on how to figure out if y = 3/4x is proportional?

Alison wants to buy a mountain bike for $339.12. If she saves $28.26 each month, in how many months will she be able to buy the bike?

At 12 o'clock the temperature was 7°C. The temperature decreased by - 20°C. What is the new temperature?

Ashleys rentals charges $27.50 per hour to rent a surfboard and a wetsuit. Darlas surf shop charges $23.25 per hour to rent a surfboard plus $17 extra for a wetsuit.