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  • 06-12-2015
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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?

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queenkryptonite695
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  • 06-12-2015

you would set up a proportion. 3/8 = 6/x... cross multiply ( 3x = 3x and 68 = 48)  3x = 48... divide both sides by 3 (3x/3 = x and 48/3 = 16)


Therefore, she originally had 16 feet of ribbon.

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