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You need 114114 feet of string to make 20 holiday ornaments.To make 16 holiday ornaments, you will need Incorrect feet of string.Enter your answer as a fraction or whole number

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Given that, 11/4 feet of string is need to make to holiday ornaments and assume x feet of string is needed to make 16 holiday ornaments.


\begin{gathered} ((11)/(4))/(x)=(20)/(16) \\ (11)/(4x)=(5)/(4) \\ (x)/(11)=(1)/(5) \\ x=(11)/(5) \end{gathered}

Therefore, 11/5 feet of string is needed to make 16 ornaments.

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