Question

A baby outfit uses 2/9 square yard of fabric for the hat and 5/9 square yards of fabric for the bib. A tailor has 5 4/9 square yards of fabric. How many baby outfits can she make?

Answer 1

She can make 7 baby outfits.

Explanation:

Given:

A baby outfit uses 2/9 square yard of fabric for the hat and 5/9 square yards of fabric for the bib.

A tailor has 5 4/9 square yards of fabric.

Now, to find the outfits she can make.

So, we add to get the total fabric used for baby outfits hat and bib:

`(2)/(9) +(5)/(9)\ square\ yards.`

`=(2+5)/(9)\ square\ yards.`

`=(7)/(9)\ square\ yards.`

Total fabric used for outfit =
`=(7)/(9)\ square\ yards.`

Total fabric tailor has =
`5(4)/(9) =(49)/(9)\ square\ yards`

Now, to get the number of outfits from the fabric tailor has we divide by total fabric used for outfit:

Number of outfits = Total fabric tailor has ÷ Total fabric used for outfit.

`Number\ of\ outfits = (49)/(9) /(7)/(9)`

Thus, on dividing we get:

`Number\ of\ outfits = 7\ outfits.`

Therefore, she can make 7 baby outfits.