A dressmaker needs to cut 9-inch pieces of ribbon from rolls of ribbon that are 6 feet in length. How many 9-inch pieces can the dressmaker cut from 5 of these rolls of ribbon?

40 Pieces

Step-by-step explanation:

12 inches in a foot. 6x12=72 inches. 72÷9=8 pieces from each 6 foot roll and you need 5 rolls so 5×8=40

|x-8|= 6

Step-by-step explanation:

We have 2 and 14. (i suggest putting these on a number line for vIsUaL purposes) but we have to find the midpoint and the distance from midpoint.

Midpoint: 8

Distance: 6

Now we put into equation and get:

|x-8|= 6

Hope this helped and if this is wrong try |x-6|=8 just incase ;)