Question

A green ribbon is 9 inches long. A red ribbon is 1/10 the length of the green ribbon. A purple ribbon is 10 times as long as the red ribbon. What is the length of the purple ribbon?

Answer 1

9 inches long
9 divided by 10 is .9
multiply it by 10 (to get the length of the purple ribbon) and the answer is 9

Answer 2

Length of purple ribbon is 9 inches,

Explanation:

Length of green ribbon = 9 inches

Length of red ribbon = one tenth of green ribbon

Length of purple ribbon = ten times of red ribbon

therefore length of purple of ribbon can be given by mathematical expression as below =
`(1)/(10) X10X 9 =  9` inches

therefore length of purple ribbon is same as red ribbon.