Zoe used 3/8 of her ribbon to wrap a present. if she uses 9 feet of ribbon for the present how much ribbon did zoe have it first?

Let the total ribbon Zoe had was x feet.

Out of x feet, she used 3/8 part of it.

Hence,

3/8 part of the original ribbon is equal to 9 feet.

Hence, we get

=> Multiply 8 on both sides.

Divide both sides by 3

Zoe had 24 feet of ribbon in starting... Answer

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2r= 2300

r =1150