Question

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

Answer 1

`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.