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Jaquan bought 25 yards of cloth. He used 4.9 yards for a decoration and 10.6 yards to make costumes for the school play. Express the amount of cloth left over as a fraction in simplest form

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Answer:


left\ cloth = (19)/(2)\ yard\ or\ 9.5\ yard

Explanation:

Let x be the left cloth

Given:

Jaquan bought 25 yards of cloth.

He used 4.9 yards for a decoration and 10.6 yards to make costumes

So he used total cloth =
4.9\ yard + 10.6\ yard


used\ cloth = 15.5\ yard

The
Left\ cloth = total\ cloth - used\ cloth


x = 25\ yard - 15.5\ yard


x = 9.5\ yard


x = (19)/(2)

Therefore, the
remaining\ cloth = (19)/(2)\ yard or 9.5 yard.

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