Question

Sally has a piece of cloth used 1/3 of a foot of the cloth to make a pillow cover in another 4/7 of a foot of the cloth to make a tablecloth Sally started with two feets of cloth how much cloth does she have remaining?​

Answer 1

`(23)/(21) feets`

Explanation:

Given.

Sally started with two feets of cloth.

Total cloth =
`2 feets`

She used
`(1)/(3)` of a foot of the cloth to make a pillow cover.

And another
`(4)/(7)` of a foot of the cloth to make a table cloth.

She used total cloth to make a pillow cover and table cloth =
`(1)/(3) +(4)/(7)`

`=(7+12)/(21) \\=(19)/(21)`

Total used cloth by Sally =
`(19)/(21)`

The equation for remaining cloth

remaining cloth = total cloth - used cloth

remaining cloth
`= 2 - (19)/(21)`

remaining cloth
`= (2* 21-19)/(21)`

remaining cloth
`= (42-19)/(21)`

remaining cloth
`= (23)/(21)`

Sally has remaining cloth =
`(23)/(21)` feets