Question

There was a 6 square foot piece of wrapping paper for a present it takes 3 1/8 square feet to wrap the present how many pieces of 6 foot square paper are needed to wrap 2 presents

Answer 1

Answer: There are 12 pieces of 6 foot square paper needed to wrap.

Explanation:

Since we have given that

Length of piece of wrapping paper = 6 square foot

Length of paper each present needs is given by

`3(1)/(8)\text{ square feet}`

Number of presents he wants to wrap = 2

Total length of wrapping paper she needs is given by

`2* (25)/(8)\\\\=(25)/(4)`

We'll use the unitary method,

`\text{For }(25)/(8)\text{ square feet present it needs wrapping paper of length }=6\\\\`

`\text{For }1 }\text{ square feet present it needs wrapping paper of length is given by}\\\\`

`(6)/((25)/(8))\\=(48)/(25)`

`\text{For }(25)/(4) \text{ square feet present it needs wrapping paper of length is given by}\\\\`

`(48)/(25)* (25)/(4)=12`

∴ there are 12 pieces of 6 foot square paper needed to wrap.