Question

PLEASE HELP I PROMISE TO GIVE BRAILY!!

Shelly was tying ribbon (r) around her last gift. After measuring the distance around the gift (d), she needs an extra 8 inches of ribbon to make a bow. If she uses 64 inches for the gift and bow, what is the distance around the gift?



72 inches
50 inches
48 inches
56 inches

Answer 1

56 inches

Explanation:

If we let r be the total amount of ribbon needed for the gift, and d be the distance around the gift, we can write the following equation to represent the amount of ribbon Shelly needs in terms of d:

r = d + 8

We add the 8 to the d because we are given that Shelly needs an extra 8 inches of ribbon to make a bow.

Now, we are given that r = 64, so substituting this value into our equation gives us:

64 = d + 8

Subtracting 8 from both sides of the equation to isolate d, we get:

d = 56 inches

Hope this helps!