Answer :
Given: Yu, Nailah, and Elena each bought between 7 and 9 yards of ribbon Yu bought 3 pieces of ribbon. Nailah bought 5 pieces of ribbon. Elena bought 6 pieces of ribbon.
To find: Who can buy which ribbon
Solution:
Ribbon Sizes
1 2/3 = 5/3 yard
4/5 yard
3 1/2 = 7/2 Yard
Yu, Nailah, and Elena each bought between 7 and 9 yards of ribbon
Yu bought 3 pieces of ribbon
=> 3 * 5/3 = 5
3 * 4/5 = 2.4
3 * 7/2 = 10.5
Nailah bought 5 pieces of ribbon
=> 5 * 5/3 = 8.33
5 * 4/5 = 4
5 * 7 /2 = 17.5
Elena bought 6 pieces of ribbon
=> 6 * 5/3 = 10
6 * 4/5 = 4.8
6 * 7 /2 = 21
Only value between 7 & 9 is 5 * 5/3 = 8.33
hence Nailah only can buy 1 2/3 = 5/3 yard ribbon
or there is some mistake in the data
Answer:
If the following yards are: 4/5yd ; 3 1/2yd
This means Yu bought 1; 4/5yd and 2; 3 1/2yd
and Elena bought 5; 4/5yd and 1; 3 1/2yd
Reason: according to the data there is a certain amount of piece they each need plus it must be inbetween 7-9 yards. If you do the math this is the only possible way to calculate the answer.