Problema Solution

susan has two 8foot long pieces of ribbon. she needs to cut pieces that are 7inches long from the ribbon to make bows. what is the greatest number of 7inch pices she can cut from the two ribbons

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so 1ft 12 inch

8ft inch =12*8=96 inch

so number of ribbons= 96/7=13.71 equal to 13

so total number of ribbons she can cut from 2 ribbons = 13*2=26