Question

Jun used 56 cm of ribbon to go around the edge of a rectangular lid. The lid was 13 cm long. What is the width of the lid?

Answer 1

What is the width of the lid?

Answer : 4.3

Explanation:

`13cm * x = 56cm \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \\ x = 56 /13cm \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \\ x = 4.307692307692307 \\ approx \: x = 4.3 \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \:`

Answer 2

The width of the rectangular lid is 15 cm.

Explanation:1. Let's review the information given to us to answer the question correctly:

Length of the ribbon used by Jun = 56 cmLength of the rectangular lid = 13 cm

2. What is the width of the lid? The ribbon used by Jun is equivalent to the perimeter of the rectangular lid, therefore:Perimeter = 2 * Length + 2 * WidthReplacing with the values we have:56 = 2 * 13 + 2 * Width56 = 26 + 2Width2Width = 56 - 262Width = 30Width = 30/2Width = 15