A dressmaker needs to cut 18-inch pieces of ribbon from rolls of ribbon that are 9 feet in length. How many 18-inch pieces can the dressmaker cut from 15 of these rolls of ribbon?, On this question page, you will first be asked to convert units. Enter your answer in the provided input box and press the try button. If your answer is correct, it will be placed on the page and then another question and the answer area will appear below.

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A dressmaker needs to cut 18-inch pieces of ribbon from rolls of ribbon that are 9 feet in length. How many 18-inch pieces can the dressmaker cut from 15 of these rolls of ribbon?, On this question page, you will first be asked to convert units. Enter your answer in the provided input box and press the try button. If your answer is correct, it will be placed on the page and then another question and the answer area will appear below.
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How many inches of ribbon does the dressmaker have, in total?

GPT-4o mini · Answer

First, we need to convert the length of the rolls of ribbon from feet to inches.

There are 12 inches in a foot, so a 9-foot roll of ribbon is:

\[ 9 \text{ feet} \times 12 \text{ inches/foot} = 108 \text{ inches} \]

Now, since there are 15 rolls of ribbon, the total length of ribbon that the dressmaker has is:

\[ 15 \text{ rolls} \times 108 \text{ inches/roll} = 1620 \text{ inches} \]

Therefore, the dressmaker has a total of 1620 inches of ribbon.