Sarah cut off 1/8 of a 48 inch piece of ribbon. Jane cut off 1/9 of a 36 inch piece of ribbon. they compare their cut pieces. who's piece is longer? how much longer is it?

Length of Ribbon cut off by Sarah = (1/8) * 48 inch

= 6 inches

Length of ribbon cut off by Jane = (1/9) * 36 inch

= 4 inches

So we can see that the piece cut off by Sarah is longer than that of Jane.

length by which the piece of Sarah is longer than that of Jane = (6 - 4) inch

= 2 inches

So Sarah’s ribbon is longer than the ribbon of Jane by 2 inches.