Question

Lindsey has (6)/(8) yards of ribbon. She glues an equal amount of the ribbon on each side of a square frame. What is the length, in yards, of each side of the frame?

Answer 1

Lindsey has a total of 3/4 yards of ribbon which she glues to each side of a square frame equally. To find the length for each side, divide 3/4 yards by the 4 sides, resulting in 3/16 yards per side.

Step-by-step explanation:

Lindsey has (6)/(8) yards of ribbon, which simplifies to 3/4 yard of ribbon. She divides this ribbon equally among the four sides of a square frame. Therefore, to find the length of ribbon used for each side, we divide the total length of ribbon by 4, which represents the four sides of the square frame.

• (3/4) yards ÷ 4 = (3/4) ÷ (1/4) yards
• This simplifies to (3/16) yards for each side of the frame.