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Four sisters buy a total of 3 1/2 feet of ribbon. The sisters want to share the ribbon equally.

How many feet of ribbon will each sister receive?

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User Ninthpower
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3.5 divided by 4.
Each sister will receive 0.875 feet of ribbon.
User Niyaz
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Answer:

Four sisters buy a total of
3(1)/(2) feet of ribbon. The sisters want to share the ribbon equally. So Each sister will receive
(7)/(8) feet of ribbon.

Solution:

Four sister bought a total of ribbon =
3(1)/(2)


\begin{array}{l}{=(3 * 2+1)/(2)} \\ {=(7)/(2)}\end{array}

The sisters want to share the ribbon equally.

So we will divide the total length of the ribbon by 4.

=
(7)/(2) ÷ 4


\begin{aligned} &=(7)/(2) * (1)/(4) \\ &=(7 * 1)/(2 * 4) \\ &=(7)/(8) \text { feet } \end{aligned}

Each sister will receive
(7)/(8) feet of ribbon.

Result:

So Each sister will receive
(7)/(8) feet of ribbon.

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