SOLUTION: Emily has a yellow ribbon that is 5 feet long and an orange ribbon that is 13 1/2 feet long. She wants to cut each ribbon into smaller strips that are 1 2/3 feet long.
a) how man
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a) how man
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Question 1046520: Emily has a yellow ribbon that is 5 feet long and an orange ribbon that is 13 1/2 feet long. She wants to cut each ribbon into smaller strips that are 1 2/3 feet long.
a) how many 1 2/3 feet-long strips can Emily make in total?
b) How many 1 2/3 feet-long strips of yellow ribbon can Emily make?
c) How many 1 2/3 feet-long strips of orange ribbon can Emily make?
d) What is the ratio of the number of yellow strips to the number of orange strips? Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source):
Answer part b first. Divide 5 by . Hint: Change your mixed number(s) to improper fraction(s), then invert and multiply. If necessary, round down (extra pieces of ribbon that are less than feet long don't count).
Answer part c next. Divide by . Same hint.
Answer part a by adding the answers to part b and c.
Answer part d by dividing the answer to part b by the answer to part c.
John
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