Question

It takes 1.5 m of fabric to make a collar of an airbag helmet. The manufacture is making 250 special orders collars. One morning a technician finds they only have 65% of the fabric they need to make the collars. How many more meters of fabric is needed to make all 250 collars?

Answer 1

131.25 m

Explanation:

Data provided:

Fabric required to make a collar of an airbag helmet = 1.5 m

Number of orders of collars = 250

Therefore,

total fabric required = 1.5 × 250 = 375 m

Now,

Fabric available = 65% of the fabric need

therefore,

extra fabric needed = (100% - 65%) of the fabric needed

= 35% of the fabric needed

= 0.35 × 375

= 131.25 m