Question

Risa is sewing a ribbon around the sides of a square blanket east side of the blanket is 72 inches long how many inches of ribbon will risa need

Answer 1

The square blanket has 4 sides and all sides are equal.
Length of East side of the blanket = 72 inches
The ribbon will cover all the four equal side.
Then the length of ribbon needed by Risa to cover all sides of the blanket = (72*4) inches
                                                                                                                     = 288 inches.