Marilyn has 7/8 yard of ribbon.  what is the maximum number of 1/16 yard-long pieces marilyn can cut from this ribbon?

Answer:

Marilyn can cut a maximum of 14 pieces from the available ribbon.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

length of the ribbon  Marilyn has = 7/8 yard.  

Length of each piece = 1/16 yard

To Find:

The maximum number of 1/16 yard-long pieces=?

Solution:

Now, we know that, maximum number of pieces = (total available length of ribbon)/(length of ribbon per piece)

Maximum number of pieces = 7 x 2  

Maximum number of pieces = 14  

b. 24 mm

step-by-step explanation:

use the pythagorean theorem.

a^2 + b^2 = c^2

a^2 + 7^2 = 25^2

a^2 + 49 = 625

a^2 = 576

a = 24

answer: b. 24 mm

the dimensions are:

step-by-step explanation:

we want to find the dimensions of a rectangular box with volume of

we factor to obtain;

we rewrite the rightmost factor to obtain;

recall that:

we apply difference of two squares formula to obtain;

hence the dimensions are