Question

Jocelyn has 3.5 yards of ribbon . she needs 0.6 yards of ribbon to make one bow. how many bows can Jocelyn make?

Answer 1

Jocelyn can make 5 bows.

Explanation:

3.5/.6 = 5.8333333

This means that Jocelyn can make 5 full bows and have a remainder of .83333333 yards of ribbon.

Answer 2

`5(5)/(6)` bows

5 whole bows

Explanation:

`(0.6)/(3.5): (1)/(y)`

y × 0.6 = 1 × 3.5

0.6y = 3.5

0.6y ÷ 0.6 = 3.5 ÷ 0.6

`y = 5(5)/(6)`