To complete her holiday wrapping, Bella needs identical strips of ribbon measuring 3.5 feet each. She has 85 feet of ribbon in t

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To complete her holiday wrapping, Bella needs identical strips of ribbon measuring 3.5 feet each. She has 85 feet of ribbon in t

otal. About how many pieces of ribbon can she cut from this long strip? PLS ANSWER ASAP

Mathematics

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Inessa [12.5K] · Answer 1 · 2026-03-10T09:57:59+03:00

Bella can produce 24 pieces of ribbon from her long strip

Solution:

Given that Bella possesses a total of 85 feet of ribbon

She requires the identical strips of ribbon to measure 3.5 feet each

To determine: The number of ribbon pieces she can cut from the long strip

The quantity of ribbon pieces that can be extracted from the long strip is calculated by dividing the total length by the size of the identical strips required.

Expressed mathematically as:

$\text { Number of Strip that can be cut }=\frac{\text { Total length of ribbon }}{\text { Length of each piece }}$

$\begin{array}{l}{\text { Number of Strip that can be cut }=\frac{85}{3.5}} \\\\ {\text { Number of Strip that can be cut }=24.28 \approx 24}\end{array}$

Hence, the total number of strips can be 24 each measuring 3.5 feet