Erika has three pieces of ribbon. each peice is 25 yards long. she needs to cut pieces that are 22inches long. what is the greatest number of 22-inch pieces that she can cut from the three pieces of ribbon?

Erika has three pieces of ribbon, each of 25 yards' length.

Then in total she has 3·25=75 yards of ribbon.

Since 1 yd = 36 in, then 75 yd = 75·36=2700 in.

Now she needs to cut pieces that are 22 inches long, thus

pieces.

she can cut from the three pieces of ribbon 122 pieces that are 22 inches long.