Wendy has a piece of ribbon. She cuts 9 short pieces, each measuring 0.78 m, from it and has 2 4/5 m of it left. What was the original length of the ribbon?

original length --- x

x = 9(.78) + 2.8
= ..

9.82 Is

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To find the original length of the ribbon, we need to subtract the length of the short pieces from the remaining length.

Step 1: Find the length of the short pieces
Wendy cuts 9 short pieces, each measuring 0.78 m. So the total length of the short pieces is 9 * 0.78 m.

Length of short pieces = 9 * 0.78
Length of short pieces = 7.02 m

Step 2: Find the remaining length of the ribbon
Wendy has 2 4/5 m (or 2.8 m) of the ribbon left.

Remaining length of the ribbon = 2.8 m

Step 3: Calculate the original length of the ribbon
To find the original length, we need to add the length of the short pieces (which was cut) and the remaining length of the ribbon.

Original length of the ribbon = Length of short pieces + Remaining length
Original length of the ribbon = 7.02 m + 2.8 m
Original length of the ribbon = 9.82 m

Therefore, the original length of the ribbon was 9.82 meters.