cindy bought 7/8 yard of ribbon at the craft store. jacob bought 4/5 the length of ribbon as cindy. how many yards of ribbon did jacob buy?

a) 3/40 yard

b) 28/40 yard

c) 11/40 yard

d) 67/40 yard

b) 28/40 yard

Step-by-step explanation:

it was on my i ready diagnostic and my teacher said it was correct

b: |12 – x| ≤ 0.25

step-by-step explanation:      

let x be the possible lengths in inches, of the ribbons jaime cut.

we have been given that jaime is cutting strips of ribbon for a project. he tries to cut each piece to be 12 inches long, but sometimes he cuts it too long or too short by as much as 0.25 inch.  

we can represent this information in an inequality as:

by the definition of absolute value function we will get,

upon combining our inequalities we will get,

therefore, the inequality   describes all the possible lengths (x), in inches, of the ribbons jaime cut.

step-by-step explanation:

c) yes, because of asa or aas