Question

the total no of 3 ribbons of equal lengths is 6 1/3 mts find the length of each ribbon

Answer 1

Given:

number of ribbons=3

total length$=6\frac{1}{3}$ meters

To find:

length of each ribbon

Solution:

Let the length of each ribbon be $x$

All three ribbons are of equal length so we can write an equation as follows

number of ribbons×length of each ribbon=total length given

3×$x=6\frac{1}{3}$

⇒$3x=\frac{19}{3}$

⇒$x=\frac{16}{9}$

⇒$x=2\frac{1}{9}$

Hence, the length of each ribbon is  $2\frac{1}{9}$  meters.