3(5b-1)=5
Get rid of the brackets
15b-3=5
add 3 to both sides of the equation
15b=8
divide both sides of the equation by 15
b=0.53
4(3y-1)=20
12y-4=20
12y=24
y=0.5
Answer:
1. 12 inches are in 1 foot, 48 inches of ribbon divided by 12 is 4 feet of ribbon.
2. Since there are 12 inches in 1 foot you multiply by 3 to 12 inches for 36 inches of ribbon.
3. When you're finding inches you need to divide but when you're finding feet you need to multiply.
4. His library card is 80 millimeters and since there are 10 millimeters in 1 centimeter you divide 80 by 10 to get 8 centimeters
5. His key chain is 35 millimeters long.
6. 3 quarts is bigger than 5 pints by 2 cups.
Picture contains the work you should show for questions 5 and 6.