



Let the length of the shortest piece be x cm.Then we have the length of the second and third pieces are x+3 and 2x centimeters respectively.
According to the question,

Hence the shortest piece may be atleast 8 cm long but it cannot be more than 22cm in length.
Now using L'Hospital we have,
Again using L'Hospital,
Again using L'hospital;

If the line is parallel to the given line x-2y + 5 =0,
then the required line will have same slope
Hence the equaion of the given line is x-2y+k=0
since it passes through the origin,
0+0+k=0
Therefore k=0
Hence the equation of the required line is x-2y=0 or x=2y
distributive law
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