Ellen has 20 feet of ribbon. She uses 12 feet of ribbon to make pillows. She gives one-fourth of the remaining ribbon to her friend. How many inches of ribbon did Ellen give to her friend?

2 ft

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

Ellen has 20 ft of ribbon

She uses 12 ft of ribbon to make pillow

The amount of remaining ribbon is

She gives one-fourth of the remaining to her friend i.e

So, she give 2 ft of ribbon to her friend.

step-by-step explanation:

we are given

since, we have to isolate x on anyone side

so, we can move all x terms on one side

subtract both sides by 2x

add both sides by 9

divide both sides by 4

we get

f is the midpoint of