The complete question is as follows: A Christmas gift is tied with ribbon the bow requires 47cm of ribbon, what is the total length of the ribbon in cm?
Answer: The total length of the ribbon is 177 cm.
Explanation:
As there are 4 sides of the rectangular box and 20 cm of ribbon is on each side. This means that a total of
= 80 cm is there on the top and bottom.
Hence, length of ribbon attached at the left and right side of the box is as follows.
This means that on both left and right side a total of 50 cm is there.
Therefore, total length of ribbon is as follows.
Total length = 47 cm + 50 cm + 80 cm = 177 cm
Thus, we can conclude that the total length of the ribbon is 177 cm.