Question

Laura is tying ribbons in bows on boxes. She uses 2 1/4 feet of ribbon on each box. If she has 7 1/2 feet of ribbon left, how many bows (or parts of a bow) can she make?

Answer 1

2 1/4 feet of ribbon ---> 1 bow

7 1/2 feet of ribbon ---> x bows

`\begin{gathered} 2\text{ }(1)/(4)* x=7\text{ }(1)/(2)*1 \\ (9)/(4)x=(15)/(2) \\ (9)/(4)x*(4)/(9)=(15)/(2)*(4)/(9) \\ x=(10)/(3)=3\text{ }(1)/(3) \end{gathered}`

answer: 3 1/3 of bows