Question

To complete her holiday wrapping Bella needs Identicle strips of ribbon measuring 3.5 feet each she has 85 feet of ribbon in total about how many pieces of ribbon can she cut from this long strip

Answer 1

24

Explanation:

The total length of ribbon Bella has = 85 feet

Length needed by Bella for each wrapping = 3.5

The total number of identical strips Bella can cut from 85 feet are =
`(85)/(3.5)`

= 24.28

Rounding it off to nearest whole number it becomes 24

Bella can cut 24 identical strips from the long strips.