Question

Laura has a rectangular piece of wood that is 7in by 4in she wants to cover it with strips of ribbon that are 1/4 inch wide what length of ribbon does she need to cover the wood

Answer 1

Answer: 112 inches.

Step-by-step explanation:

You know that the width of the rectangular piece of wood is 4 inches and the width of the strip ribbon is 1/4 inches.

Then, let be "n" the number of strips ribbon that Laura needs to cover the width of the rectangular piece of wood (Assuming that she will cover the wood in the form shown in the figure attached). This is:

$n=\frac{4in}{\frac{1}{4}in}\\\\n=16$

To find the lenght of ribbon that Laura needs to conver the wood, you must multiply the number of strips ribbon "n" by the lenght of the rectangular piece of wood, then you get:

$lenght=(16)(7in)\\lenght=112in$