Question

Orange ribbon 2 meters long. The blue ribbon was 4/5 as long ad the orange. Linda cuts off a piece of blue ribbon. The length of the piece was 25% of the length of the blue ribbon. What was the length of the blue ribbon before it was cut?

Answer 1

The initial length of the blue ribbon = 1.6 meters

Explanation:

Here, according to the question:

The initial length of orange ribbon = 2 meters

Let us assume the initial length of blue ribbon = S meters

Now, the length of blue ribbon = (4/5) times the length of orange ribbon

`\implies S =( (4)/(5))` x Length of Orange ribbon

`\implies S = ((4)/(5)) * 2 = 1.6`

or S = 1.6 meters

Hence, the initial length of the blue ribbon is 1.6 meters.