Question

Nicole used 3/8 of her ribbon to wrap a present if she used 6 feet of ribbon for the present how much ribbon did Nicole have at first

Answer 1

The answer is 16 feet

3/8 of her ribbon is 6 feet

3/8 * 8/3 = all of the ribbon Nicole had

$6 * \frac{8}{3} = \frac{48}{3} = 16$

Answer 2

Nicole used only a fraction of her ribbon to wrap the present

the length of ribbon she used is 6 feeet

so lets name the length of the ribbon she had originally as X

the fraction of X she used was - 3/8 of X

so we can write the following equation

$\frac{3}{8} of X = 6$

when of function is used we multiply

$\frac{3}{8}*X = 6$

3X = 6*8

3X = 48

X = 16

therefore length of the original ribbon piece Nicole had was 16 feet