Question

christine and kaylani are using ribbon to decorate a project in their art class. the ratio of the length of christine's ribbon to the length of kaylani's is 7:3. if they have 20 yards of ribbon altogether, how much ribbon does kaylani have?

Answer 1

6 yds

Explanation:

7 + 3 = 10

christine: 7/10ths of ribbon

0.7(20)=14 yds

kaylani: 3/10ths of ribbon

0.3(20)=6 yds