Three friends each have some ribbon. Carol has 42 inches of ribbon, Tino has 2.5 feet of ribbon, and Baxter has 1.5 yards of ribbon. Express the total legth of ribbon the three friends havein inches, feet and yars.

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Three friends each have some ribbon. Carol has 42 inches of ribbon, Tino has 2.5 feet of ribbon, and Baxter has 1.5 yards of ribbon. Express the total legth of ribbon the three friends havein inches, feet and yars.
**We are learning to use Unit Rates & Conversion Factors to solve these problems.
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Damon · Accepted Answer

well, lets do it all in inches first 42 in + 2.5 ft (12 in/ft) + 1.5 yds(36 in/yd) = 42 + 30 + 54 = 126 inches 126 in (1 ft/12 in) = 10.5 feet 10.5 ft (1 yd/3 ft) = 3.5 yards

Anonymous · Answer

Suzanna wants to measure board , but she doean't have a ruler to measure with. However , she does have several copies of a book that she knows is 17 centimeters tall.First question suzanna lays the books end to end and finds that the board is the same length as 21 books. How many centimeters long is the board

genisis · Answer

the ancre is 126 inches 10.5 feet 3.5 yards