SOLUTION: You buy 5 feet of ribbon to decorate the edge of a rectangular placemat that has a length of 16 inches. You have 6 inches of ribbon left over after you decorate the placemat. What
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Question 390409: You buy 5 feet of ribbon to decorate the edge of a rectangular placemat that has a length of 16 inches. You have 6 inches of ribbon left over after you decorate the placemat. What is the width of the placemet?
Answer by edjones(8007) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
5*12=60"
60-6=54
54-2*16
=54-32
=22 twice the width
22/2=11" the width of the placemet.
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Ed
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