Question

Nina by 20 yards of ribbon to make a gift decorations the first step in making the decorations was to cut 10% of the revenue from 20 yards which step would result in the same outcome as cutting of 10% of the ribbion

Answer 1

We need to identify the step that is equivalent to cutting 10% of the ribbon.

In order to do so, notice that 10% means 10 out of 100 of something:

`10\%=(10)/(100)`

Then, simplifying the above fraction, we can divide both the numerator and the denominator by 10 to obtain:

`(10/10)/(100/10)=(1)/(10)`

Thus, 10% of 20 is given by:

`10\%\text{ of }20=(1)/(10)\text{ of }20=(1)/(10)*20=(20)/(10)=2`

Therefore, the equivalent step would be:

`\text{ Cut off }(1)/(10)\text{ of the 20 yards of ribbon.}`