Question

Cora makes a scarf with cloth rectangles and triangles. For every 5 pieces of cloth, 2 are rectangles. She needs 15 pieces of cloth to complete her scarf. Drag the pieces of cloth that Cora will use into the container to correctly complete her scarf.

Answer 1

Answer: There are 6 pieces of cloth are rectangles and 9 pieces of cloth are triangles.

Step-by-step explanation:

Since we have given that

For every 5 pieces of cloth, 2 are rectangles

So, remaining piece will be of triangle so,

`5-2=3`

3 are triangles.

Ratio of rectangles to triangles is 2:3.

Now, she needs 15 pieces of cloth to complete her scarf,

So, Number of rectangles is needed is given by

`(2)/(5)* 15\\\\=2* 3\\\\=6`

Number of triangles is needed is given by

`(3)/(5)* 15\\\\=3* 3\\\\=9`

Hence, there are 6 pieces of cloth are rectangles and 9 pieces of cloth are triangles.