Question

Doreen uses 8 yards of fabric to make 2 costumes.

At this rate, how many yards of fabric does she use to make 5 costumes?



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Answer 1

20 yd

Explanation:

Answer 2

20 yards.

Explanation:

We have been given that Doreen uses 8 yards of fabric to make 2 costumes.

Let us find the fabric used to make one costume by dividing 8 by 2.

`\text{The amount of fabric used to make each costume}=\frac{8\text{ yards}}{\text{2 costumes}}`

`\text{The amount of fabric used to make each costume}=\frac{4\text{ yards}}{\text{costume}}`

As Doreen uses 4 yards of fabric to make each costume, let us multiply fabric used to make each costume by 5 to find the fabric needed to make 5 costumes.

`\text{Fabric used to make 5 costumes}=\frac{4 \text{ yards}}{\text{ costume}}* 5\text{ costumes}`

`\text{Fabric used to make 5 costumes}=4* 5\text{ yards}`

`\text{Fabric used to make 5 costumes}=20\text{ yards}`

Therefore, Doreen will use 20 yards of fabric to make 5 costumes.