Question

Mrs. Ruiz has 11/12 yard of string to hang 3 banners. She uses the same length of string to hang each banner. How much string does she use for each banner?

Answer 1

`(11)/(36)` yard

Explanation:

Length of string Mrs. Ruiz has =
`(11)/(12)` yard

Mrs. Ruiz needs to hang 3 banners using the string.

Having known that each banner uses same length of string to be hung we can divide total length of sting into 3 equal parts.

So, we can divide
`(11)/(12)` yard by 3 as

⇒
`(11)/(12)/ 3`

Changing the division sing to multiplication by taking reciprocal of divisor.

⇒
`(11)/(12)* (1)/(3)`

We can now multiply numerators and denominators.

⇒
`(11)/(36)` yard

∴ Mrs. Ruiz must used
`(11)/(36)` yard of string for each banner.