Question

You are decorating the church for the Christmas party. So far, you have used 12 1/2 yards of silver rope. You have 36 2/3 yards left. How much did you have to start with? it has to be improper fraction

Answer 1

Ok so all you have to do is add 12 1/2 to 36 2/3 to get your answer.

So 12 1/2 + 36 2/3 is equal to 49 1/6

I hope this helps :) !!

Answer 2

The starting length of ribbon was
`49(1)/(6)` yards.

Explanation:

You have used 12 1/2 yards of silver rope. Converting this to improper fraction;
`(25)/(2)`

You have 36 2/3 yards left. Converting this to improper fraction;
`(110)/(3)`

So, in the starting the rope must have been :

`(25)/(2) +(110)/(3)`

LCM of 2 and 3 is 6.

`(75+220)/(6)`

=
`(295)/(6)`

=
`49(1)/(6)`

Hence, the starting length of ribbon was
`49(1)/(6)` yards.