Question

Alice is buying decorations for a christmas party. she buys 3 strands of red ribbon that is $9 each. she buys 6 strands of white ribbon for x dollars each. all together, she spent $28. How much were the white ribbon?

Answer 1

Cost for White ribbon are $0.166 each.

Explanation:

Given

`\textrm{Cost of each Red ribbon} = $9`

`\textrm{Number of Red ribbon} = 3`

`\textrm{Total Cost of Red ribbon} = 9 *3 = $27`

`\textrm {Cost of each white ribbon}=x`

`\textrm{Number of White ribbon} = 6`

`\textrm{Total Cost of white ribbon} =6x`

`\textrm{Total Money Spent} =  $ 28`

`\textrm{Total Money Spent} = \textrm{Total cost of red ribbon}+ \textrm{Total cost of white ribbon}`

`28=27+6x`

`6x= 28-27`

`6x=1`

`x=(1)/(6)`

`x=0.166`