At an airshow, 8 skydivers were released from a plane in a circle formation. Each skydiver was connected to each of the other skydivers with a separate pieces of ribbon. How many pieces of ribbon were used in the skydiving act?

28

Step-by-step explanation:

If a ribbon connects two skydivers, and there are 8 skydivers total, then we can do 8C2, which is equal to (8*7)/2, which is equal to 28. An alternate solution is to think of it this way. Skydiver 1 is connected to everyone else, which is 7 other people. Skydiver 2 is connected to everyone else but Skydiver 1, which is 6 other people. This goes on until Skydiver 8 is already connected with everyone. So we have 7+6+5+4+3+2+1+0, which is also equal to 28.

example 2 – simplify: step 1: completely factor both the numerators and denominators of all fractions. step 2: change the division sign to a multiplication sign and flip (or reciprocate) the fraction after the division sign; essential you need to multiply by the reciprocal. step 3 : cancel or reduce the fractions.

ou would have 12 of each