Question

Brittany is making hair bows to sell at a craft show. Each hair bow requires 34 yard of ribbon. Brittany plans to make 50 bows. How many yards of ribbon does Brittany need to purchase?

Answer 1

37 1/2 yards

Explanation:

3/4 as a decimal is .75 so if you multiply 50 by .75 you'll end up with the answer of 37 1/2 yards.

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Answer 2

`1700` yards

EXPLANATION

This is a multiplication problem.

The question says each hair bow requires
`34` yards of ribbon.

Therefore 50 hair bows will require

`34* 50`

`=1700` yards.

Hence, Brittany needs 1700 yards of ribbon to make 50 hair bows.