Okay. Let's make a proportion for this. So we can do 21/3=x/60. Let's multiply cross way. So 21 x 60 is 1260. We multiply 3 by x to get 3x. So our equation will be 3x=1260. We can isolate the equation by 3, and 1260 divided by 3 is 420. So x=420. We then have to convert into feet. So 420 divided by 12 is 35. So it would be 35 feet. Therefore, the machine can make 35feet of ribbon in a hour.
Answer and explanation:
Since a quarter(1/4) of paint covers 80 square feet, a whole paint would cover 80×4= 320 square feet of the wall
Remaining part of the wall left unpainted after using one whole paint
480-320= 160 square feet
Therefore paint required for remaining unpainted part
= 160/80= 2 quarters of paint(1/4+1/4)= 1/2 paint
Total paint required for the wall = one whole paint + half paint = 1+1/2= 1 1/2
Total paint required is one and half
Or
We divide area of wall by area of wall covered by each quarter
480/80=6 quarters of paint
6 quarters of paint = 1/4+1/4+1/4+1/4+1/4+1/4
We still get same answer
= 1 1/2
