Question

Kelly has a ribbon that is 60 inches long. She cuts off 40% of the ribbon for an art project.while working on it,she decides she only needs 75% of the piece she cut off. How much ribbon does Kelly end up using in her project

Answer 1

You take 60x.4 to see you are left with 36 inches 24x.75 to see what 75% of the 40% cut off is and you see she only needed 18 so you add back the Extra 6 cut off to the leftover 36 and you have 42 inches of ribbon left

Answer 2

Answer: She need 18 inches of ribbon for her project.

Step-by-step explanation:

Since we have given that

Length of ribbon = 60 inches

Part of ribbon cut off for an art project = 40%

So, Length of ribbon remains is given by

$\dfrac{40}{100}\times 60\\\\=0.4\times 60\\\\=24\ inches$

Now, Part of piece she only needs from cut off = 75%

so, Length of ribbon she need end up using in her project is given by

$\dfrac{75}{100}\times 24\\\\=0.75\times 24\\\\=18\ inches$

Hence, She need 18 inches of ribbon for her project.