Jada cuts a 30 cm ribbon into three pieces with whole-number lengths: short, medium, and long. The short piece is 4 cm; the medium piece is longer than the short piece, and the long piece is longer than the medium piece. What is the longest possible length of the long piece?
Houses A, B, C, D lie along a straight country road in the order shown. D is 10 miles from A, C is 5 miles from A, and D is 7 miles from B. How far is C from B?