Question

Molly bought 12.5 yards of fabric for $4.50 a yard to make dog beds. She uses 2.5 yards of fabric for each dog bed. She sells each dog bed for $17.50. After subtracting the cost of the fabric, how much money does Molly earn if she sells all of the dog beds?

Answer 1

56.25

Explanation:

12.5 yds at 4.50 per yd : 12.5 * 4.50 = 56.25

Answer 2

$31.25

Explanation:

So first, you have to see how much all of the fabric cost by doing 12.5(How much fabric she bought)x4.50(How much one yard of the fabric cost)=56.25 Then, you see how many beds she could make with the amount of fabric she has so you do 12.5(Total amount of fabric she bought)÷2.5(How much fabric it took to make one dog bed)=5 After that, we have to do 5(How many dog beds she made with that amount of fabric)x17.50(How many dollars one dog bed is sold for)=87.50 to see how much money she made from selling the dog beds. So, so far the information that we have is the total amount of money it cost her to get the fabric, how many dog beds she could make with that amount of fabric, and how much she made in total from the dog beds. The last step that we have to do is 87.50(How much money she made from selling dog beds)-56.25(How much money she spent on the fabric) to see how much money she has now after subtracting the amount of money for the fabric. 87.50-56.25=31.25, so your answer is $31.25.