Question

it’s a ribbon that is 30.1 inches long is cut into equal pieces that are 1.75 inches long how many pieces of ribbon can be created?

Answer 1

17 pieces

Explanation:

30.1 inches / 1.75 inch-long pieces = 17.2

You cannot cut 0.2 pieces of a ribbon, so the answer is 17 pieces of ribbon.

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Answer 2

`17.2 \: inches`

Explanation:

`based \: on \: the \: given \: conditions \\ formulate \: = (30.1)/(1.75)`

`calculate = (30.1)/(1.75) = 17.2`

`this \: means \: that \: the \: ribbon \: can \: be \\cut \: into \: 17pieces \: of \: 1.75 \: inches\\long \: and \: 0.2 \: will \:remain`