Question

A girl cut off 2/5 of a ribbon. The piece she cut off was 5 meters long.How

many meters long was the original ribbon?​

Answer 1

Your answer is 12.5 meters long

Explanation:

so you would want to see how long each 1/5 is so if 2/5 is 5 then 1/5 would be half of that so 2.5 then times that by 5 to get your answer which is 12.5.

Answer 2

12.5

Explanation:

5/2*5=12.5